Shan Definition

shän, shăn
shans
noun
A member of a group of Asian peoples living esp. in NE Myanmar and S China.
Webster's New World
The Tai language of these peoples.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

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.

Wiktionary

The language of this people, in the Tai-Kadai language family.

Wiktionary
A state in Thailand.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of or relating to the Shan or their language or culture.
American Heritage

(Geordie) Unfair, harsh.

Here man! that's pure shan that like.
Wiktionary

(Hartlepool) Poor.

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Other Word Forms of Shan

Noun

Singular:
Shan
Plural:
shans

Origin of Shan

  • Burmese shán

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Shan Sentence Examples

  • First, there is the highland tract including the hilly country at the sources of the Chindwin and the upper waters of the Irrawaddy, the Upper Chindwin, Katha, Bhamo, Myitkyina and Ruby Mines districts, with the Kachin hills and a great part of the Northern Shan states.

  • The second tract is that known as the dry zone of Burma, and includes thewhole of the lowlands lying between the Arakan Yomas and the western fringe of the Southern Shan States.

  • The surface of this part of the country is mountainous and much intersected with streams. Northward from this lies the major portion of the Southern Shan States and Karen-ni and a narrowing strip along the Salween of the Northern Shan States.

  • The climate of the Chin and Kachin hills and also of the Shan States is temperate.

  • Snow is seldom seen either in the Chin or Shan hills, but there are snow-clad ranges in the extreme north of the Kachin country.

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Words Starting With

SSHSHA

Words Ending With

NANHAN

Unscrambles

Shan

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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