# Shanxi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/ · frequency rank #55,097

## Definitions
1. A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.

## Etymology
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley.

## Source
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