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Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
Xishuangbanna In Chinese Traditional Chinese: 西雙版納 Simplified Chinese: 西双版纳 Pronunciation: Xīshuāngbǎnnà ? * Former names: 1. 車里 (Chēlǐ ?)2. 允景洪 (Yǔnjǐnghóng ?) In Tai Lü language (native name) Pronunciation: ..
Xishui
Xishui (浠水) is the county town of Xishui County in Huanggang (黃冈) Prefecture of Hubei Province, China. The county extends over an area of precisely 2,000 square kilometers. Contents 1 History2 Natural Resources3 Economy4 Yangtze Flooding5 References History Xishu..
Xisuthrus
Xisuthrus is a Hellenization of the figure from Sumerian mythology named Ziusudra. To the Babylonians, he was known as Utnapishtim where he is mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh and as Atrahasis in the Atrahasis Epic. He is the main character in the Mesopotamian version of the flood myth. Xisut..
Xi Sagittarii
The Bayer designation Xi Sagittarii (ξ Sgr / ξ Sagittarii) is shared by two stars, ξ¹ Sagittarii and ξ² Sagittarii, in the constellation Sagittarius. The two stars are separated by 0.46° on the sky. Because they are close to the ecliptic, these stars can be occulted by the Moon and very ra..
Xi Scorpii
Xi Scorpii (ξ Sco/ξ Scorpii) is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. The Xi Scorpii system consists of at least five stars in two groups separated by 4.67 arcminutes (or 0.08°) on the sky, corresponding to a distance of at least 8000 Astronomical Units (AU). The brighter group contains..
Xi Sculptoris
Xi Sculptoris (ξ Scl / ξ Sculptoris) is a star in the constellation Sculptor. Xi Sculptoris is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.59. It is approximately 628 light years from Earth. ..
Xi Serpentis
Xi Serpentis (ξ Ser / ξ Serpentis) is a triple star system in the constellation Serpens. It is approximately 105 light years from Earth. The primary star, Xi Serpentis A, is a yellow-white F-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.54. It is a spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of ..
Xi Shengmo
Xi Shengmo, (circa 1830-1896) also known as Pastor Hsi, was a Chinese Christian leader. He was born Xi Liaozhi in a village near Linfen, became a Confucian scholar, and after his conversion to Christianity changed his given name to Shengmo or Conqueror of Demons. Having been an opium addict himsel..
Xi Shi
--> Xi Shi (西施, Pinyin: Xī Shī, c. 506 BC - ?) was one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived during the end of Spring and Autumn Period in Zhuji, the capital of the ancient State of Yue. Xi Shi's beauty was said to be so extreme that she caused the fish..
Xi Shun
Xi Shun (born China, 1951) is a resident of Inner Mongolia and is since January 15, 2005 recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's tallest living man. Xi Shun heading for Guiness World Record's office. Measured as 7 ft 8.95 in (236.1 cm) tall at the Chifeng City Hospital, Xi do..
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