YAN

Meaning of YAN in English

I. ˈyan

Scot & dialect England

variant of one

II. ˈyän

dialect

variant of yon

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

T'AO-YAN — hsien (county), northern Taiwan, with an area of 471 sq mi (1,221 sq km). It is bordered by the hsiens …
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T'AI-YAN — Pinyin Taiyuan city and capital of Shansi sheng (province), China. T'ai-yan, one of the greatest industrial cities in China, lies …
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LIAO-YAN — also called Tung-liao, Pinyin Liaoyuan, or Dongliao, city, southwestern Kirin sheng (province), China. Liao-yan is on the north bank of …
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K'AI-YAN — Pinyin Kaiyuan, formerly (until 1931) Amichow, city in southern Yunnan sheng (province), China. K'ai-yan is the natural transport centre for …
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HUI-YAN — born AD 334, , Yen-men, Shansi, China died 416, Lu-shan, Hupeh Pinyin Huiyuan celebrated early Chinese Buddhist priest who formed …
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FOUR MASTERS OF THE YAN DYNASTY — Chinese painters who worked during the Yan period (12061368) and were revered in the Ming dynasty and later as major …
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SIU YAN — [Chinese] Unlike the Irish, for South Chinese, the Little People are the really big people -- often neighbors -- who …
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YUNNAN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Yn-nan, (Pinyin) Yunnan, sheng (province) of China. The fourth largest province of China, it is a mountain and …
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YUAN SHIH-K'AI — born 1859, Honan province, China died June 6, 1916 Pinyin Yuan Shikai, literary name Jung-an Chinese army leader and reformist …
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YUAN RIVER — Wade-Giles romanization Yan Chiang, Pinyin Yuan Jiang, conventional Yan Kiang river of eastern Kweichow and western Hunan provinces, southeast China. …
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YUAN DYNASTY — Pinyin Yuan, also called Mongol Dynasty (12061368), dynasty established in China by Mongol nomads. Yan rule stretched throughout most of …
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YU-TZ'U — Pinyin Yuci city, central Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is a county-level municipality (shih) and the administrative centre of Chin-chung …
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WANG MENG — born 1308, Wu-hsing, Chekiang Province, China died 1385 Pinyin Wang Meng Chinese painter who is placed among the group later …
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TUAN CH'I-JUI — born March 6, 1865, Ho-fei, Anhwei province, China died Nov. 2, 1936, Shanghai Pinyin Duan Qirui warlord who dominated China …
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TAIWAN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ai-wan, or (Pinyin) Taiwan, Portuguese Formosa, island situated 100 miles (160 km) off the southeast coast of the …
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SUNG CHIAO-JEN — born April 5, 1882, T'ao-yan, Hunan province, China died March 22, 1913, Shanghai Pinyin Song Jiaoren founder of the Nationalist …
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SHANSI — WadeGiles romanization Shan-hsi, Pinyin Shanxi sheng (province) of northern China, bounded by the provinces of Hopeh to the east, Honan …
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PEKING — Wade-Giles romanization Pei-ching, Pinyin Beijing, city, province-level shih (municipality), and capital of the People's Republic of China. Peking is located …
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PAO-TING — Pinyin Baoding, city, Hopeh sheng (province), China. It is situated on the edge of the North China Plain at the …
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NANKING — WadeGiles romanization Nan-ching, Pinyin Nanjing city, capital of Kiangsu sheng (province), east-central China. Nanking, whose name means southern capital, is …
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KWANGSI — in full Chuang Autonomous Region Of Kwangsi, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Kuang-hsi Chuang-tsu Tzu-chih-ch', or (Pinyin) Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, autonomous region located …
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HUANG HSING — born Oct. 28, 1874, Chang-sha, Hunan province, China died Oct. 31, 1916, Shanghai Pinyin Huang Xing revolutionary who helped organize …
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HOPEH — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ho-pei, (Pinyin) Hebei, sheng (province) of northern China, located on the Po Hai (Gulf of Chihli) of the …
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EAST ASIAN ARTS — music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the …
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CONFUCIANISM — the way of life propagated by Confucius in the 6th5th century BC and followed by the Chinese people for more …
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CHINESE REVOLUTION — (1911-12), nationalist revolt that overthrew the Ch'ing, or Manchu, dynasty in 1912 and created a republic. Ever since their conquest …
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CHINA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a red field (background) with a large yellow star and four smaller stars in its upper …
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CHINA ASTER — also called Annual Aster (Callistephus chinensis), herbaceous plant of the aster family (Asteraceae, also called Compositae), many cultivated varieties of …
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CHINA 1 — also called Chicom 1, or PRC 1 first Earth satellite orbited by the People's Republic of China. It was launched …
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CH'U YUAN — born c. 343 BC, , state of Ch'u, central China died c. 289, , Ch'u Pinyin Qu Yuan one of …
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'AYN — ( (Arabic: notable), ) plural A'yan, in Islamic countries, an eminent person. Under the Ottoman regime (c. 13001923) the term …
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