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Shashi

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Shashi¹

Where it comes from

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沙市 (Shāshì).

proper noun Shasi · Sha-shih · Shasze

  1. A district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China. The stream first emerges from the mountains at the Ichang gorge, 960 nautical miles from its mouth : and some fifty miles below this point the boulders and gravel of the upper river give place to banks of soft alluvium, the outline of which varies every season, notwithstanding the gigantic embankmen

Shashi²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit शशि (śaśi).

proper noun Shasi · Sha-shih · Shasze

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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name district in central China

中文沙市 Shāshì

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"Shashi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shashi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Shashi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shashi

Chicago

"Shashi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shashi.

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@misc{shashi_2026,
  title = {Shashi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shashi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}