Xisha

• (from Wade–Giles) Hsisha, Hsi-sha

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 西沙 (Xīshā).

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈʃɑː/

Xisha

1. Synonym of Paracel Islands
   • 1986, Zhao Songqiao (Chao Sung-chiao), Physical Geography of China‎, Science Press, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, LCCN 85-15574, OCLC 883718418, OL 7611956M, page 147:

     If we use a mean monthly temperature ≥ 22°C as an index for the summer season, then there will be summer year round south of the Xisha Archipelago and two distinct seasons (summer and spring-autumn) occur north of it.

   • 1988, Robert S. Ross, The Indochina Tangle: China's Vietnam Policy, 1975-1979‎, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 87-15819, OCLC 471607431, OL 2386799M, page 26:

     In 1974, the Chinese army forcefully ousted South Vietnamese forces from the strategically and economically important Xisha (Hoang Sa in Vietnamese Paracel in English) Islands in the South China Sea.²⁸ Although South Vietnam had occupied the islands for many years, one reason China chose to act in 1974 is that it did not want North Vietnam to occupy the Xisha Islands after unification, for that would have made it militarily and politically more difficult for China to gain control of the islands.

   • 2011, “Geography”, in The Republic of China Yearbook 2011‎, New Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, pages 24-25:

     In addition, the ROC maintains a historical claim to four groups of islands scattered over a vast area in the South China Sea that is surrounded by rich fishing grounds and gas and oil deposits. These are the Dongsha (Pratas) Islands 東沙群島, the Nansha (Spratly) Islands 南沙群島, the Xisha (Paracel) Islands 西沙群島, and the Zhongsha Islands (Macclesfield Bank) 中沙群島.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xisha.

• “Xisha Islands, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.