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| '''''Xian''''' is a common ] for the word '']''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4Kr_0NYi9kC|title=Psycholinguistics|last=Garman|first=Michael|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1990|isbn=0521276411|location=Cambridge|pages=35}}</ref> The ''X'' comes from the ] letter '']'', the first letter of the Greek word ''Χριστός'', ''Khristós'', ] as ''Christus'', and ultimately ] as '']''.<ref name="oed-x">{{cite encyclopedia|year=2011|title=X n. 10.|encyclopedia=]|publisher=]|url=http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.spl.org:2048/view/Entry/230945#eid14045485|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref> The ''-ian'' is an adjectival suffix originating from the equivalent ] suffix ''-ianus''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of '']''. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} | '''''Xian''''' is a common ] for the word '']''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4Kr_0NYi9kC|title=Psycholinguistics|last=Garman|first=Michael|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1990|isbn=0521276411|location=Cambridge|pages=35}}</ref> The ''X'' comes from the ] letter '']'', the first letter of the Greek word ''Χριστός'', ''Khristós'', ] as ''Christus'', and ultimately ] as '']''.<ref name="oed-x">{{cite encyclopedia|year=2011|title=X n. 10.|encyclopedia=]|publisher=]|url=http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.spl.org:2048/view/Entry/230945#eid14045485|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref> The ''-ian'' is an adjectival suffix originating from the equivalent ] suffix ''-ianus''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of '']''. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} | ||
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Xian is a common abbreviation for the word Christian. The X comes from the Greek letter Chi, the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, Khristós, Latinized as Christus, and ultimately Anglicized as Christ. The -ian is an adjectival suffix originating from the equivalent Latin suffix -ianus. The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of Xmas. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing.
References
- Garman, Michael (1990). Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0521276411.
- "X n. 10.". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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