Shan
nounproper nounadjectiveproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ʃɑn//
- //ʃæn//
A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.
noun
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A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.
Etymology
From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam.
proper noun
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The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
- 2
A state of Myanmar.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.
proper noun
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The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.
Etymology
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝／陕 (shǎn).
Forms
- plural
- Shans
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