Hsi-Fan

noun

ˈshēˈfän

plural Hsi-Fan

: any of several east Tibetan peoples on the western border of China

Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Pekingese) hsi¹ fan¹ from hsi¹ west, western + fan¹ foreign, barbarous

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