Si
proper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //saɪ//
- //sɪ//
- //sə//
A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
proper noun
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A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
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A diminutive of the female given name Simone.
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A diminutive of the male given name Silas.
Etymology
From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.
proper noun
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A river in Shandong, China.
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A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.
Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.
Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.
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historicalVarious prefectures of imperial China.
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historicalA surname from Mandarin.
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese 泗 (Sì), 肆 (Sì), and 姒 (Sì, “a surname, older brother's wife”).
proper noun
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Variant of XiAlternative form of Xi.
Si · A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
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