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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of Paracel Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. · A district of Sansha, Hainan, China, which includes Xisha (Paracel Islands) and Zhongsha (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西沙 (Xīshā, literally “western sand”).
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- Borrowed-form mention西沙cmn
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