lan

IPA: ɫˈæn

Root Word: Lan

A surname from Chinese.
A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
(networking) Acronym of local area network. [(computing) An interconnection of computers that are in relatively close proximity to each other, such as within a building.]

Examples of "lan" in Sentences

Now, say the word lan but give a bit of a blow before you bring it out.
Kylins, known as lan in Vietnamese, are mythical four-legged hoofed creatures that have dragon-like faces.
Indeed, the sweet-scented little epidendrum called by the Chinese, lan, is continually used to suggest the Kuei and its inmates.
The slow, indomitable kind of existing and persisting, without hope or élan, which is in the aboriginal American, sometimes made her feel she would go mad.
If the Democrats can spin the GOP’s plain-folks image to make them appear sneaky, secretive, evasive, and underhanded, then McClellan is hardly doing hisjob.
A name, on the coasts between Caen and Havre, of the fish called lançon at Granville and St. Malo, a kind of malacopterygious fish living on sandy shores and hiding in the sand at low tide.
He was a-stayin 'at Tom's house, the furriner was, a-dickerin' fer a piece o 'lan' -- the same piece, mebbe, that you're atter now -- an 'Tom keeps him thar fer a week to beat him out'n a dollar, an' then won't let him pay nary a cent fer his boa'd.
Danielia Cotton's 2009 live set, "Live Child," showcases her straight-ahead bluesy take on folk; Missy Higgins, from Australia, prefers driving pop; and the Indigo Girls deliver both styles with the kind of lan that disguises how well they craft their songs and harmonies As for Beth Orton, her fans yearn for a new album and rejoice whenever she performs nearby, especially since new songs have been creeping their way into her sets.