shan

IPA: ʃˈæn

noun

  • 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.
  • The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
  • A state of Myanmar.
  • The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

adjective

  • (Tyneside, Edinburgh) unfair, harsh
  • (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality
  • Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.
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Examples of "shan" in Sentences

  • Shan are black, same difference.
  • Shan means a prayer for the Buddha.
  • Another big ethnic group are the Shan.
  • Shan is a generic term for Tai ethnicity.
  • It is the main ancestral hall of the Tang clan of Ping Shan.
  • Most Shan speak the Shan language and are bilingual in Burmese.
  • The village is under the administration of the Shan authorities.
  • Bean ngapi from the Shan states plays a major role in Shan cuisine.
  • He was of mixed Shan and Burman heritage but mostly on the Shan side.
  • Deng Ai accepted the surrender by untying Liu Shan and burning the casket.

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