SHAN

Meaning of SHAN in English

/shahn, shan/ , n. , pl. Shans , ( esp. collectively ) Shan .

1. a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.

2. a language spoken in the Shan States and belonging to the Tai group of languages.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SHAN — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Burmese Shàn Date: 1795 a member of a people living primarily in Myanmar and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAN — I Shan Tai Any member of a Southeast Asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and …
Английский словарь Британика
SHAN — ˈshän, ˈshan noun ( plural shan or shans ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a group of Mongoloid peoples …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAN — n. Tai long, branch of Tai languages; people that lives in northeast Myanmar and in areas in the vicinity of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHAN — n. member of a people that lives in northeast Myanmar and in areas in the vicinity of China and Thailand …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHAN — noun ( plural Shan or Shans ) Etymology: Burmese Shàn Date: 1795 1. : a member of a people living …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAN — [ ʃα:n ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of a people living mainly in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHAN — [Shan] n, pl Shan or Shans (1795) 1: a member of a people living primarily in Myanmar and southern China …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAN — Shan Tai Southeast Asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and also in Yunnan province, China. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHAN — Shan BrE AmE ʃɑːn —for the people and language, also ʃæn ▷ Shans ʃɑːnz ʃænz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHAN — n. An shan Shan tung Shan hsi Altay Shan Hung shan culture Lung shan culture Lu Hsiang shan Mao Shan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHAN — n. Shan Tai Any member of a Southeast Asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHAN — Adj. Embarrassed.
Slang English vocab
SHAN — Шаны
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SHAN — n. Shan tung Chou shan Yen Hsi shan Gongga Shan Shan States Tai Shan Tian Shan Tien Shan Yu Shan …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAN — n. Pronunciation: ' shän, ' shan Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Shan or Shans Etymology: Burmese Shàn Date: 1795 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAN-JEN — ˈshänˈrən noun ( plural shan-jen or shan-jens ) Usage: usually capitalized S&J Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) shan 1 jen 2 , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIEN SHAN — The Tien Shan mountain range and the Takla Makan Desert. Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ien Shan, or (Pinyin) Tian Shan, Russian Tyan …
Britannica English vocabulary
T'ANG-SHAN — Pinyin Tangshan, industrial city in eastern Hopeh sheng (province), China. Originally, T'ang-shan was a small hamlet dependent upon nearby K'ai-p'ing …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHAN-HAI-KUAN — Pinyin Shanhaiguan, town in eastern Hopeh sheng (province), China. It lies on the coast of the Po Hai (Gulf of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHAN LANGUAGE — Shan Tai language spoken in the northern and eastern states of Myanmar (Burma) and belonging to the Southwestern group of …
Britannica English vocabulary
MA-AN-SHAN — Pinyin Ma'anshan, new city and industrial centre in southeastern Anhwei sheng (province). Ma-an-shan is situated on the south bank of …
Britannica English vocabulary
FO-SHAN — Pinyin Foshan, city in central Kwangtung sheng (province), China. Fo-shan itself is situated in the delta 10 miles (16 km) …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHOU-SHAN ARCHIPELAGO — Chinese Chou-shan Ch'n-tao, Pinyin Zhoushan Qundaoconventional Chusan Archipelago group of more than 400 islands off the northern coast of Chekiang …
Britannica English vocabulary
CH'I JU-SHAN — born Dec. 23, 1876, Kao-yang, Hopeh Province, China died March 18, 1962, Taiwan playwright and scholar who revived interest in …
Britannica English vocabulary
AN-SHAN — Pinyin Anshan, city in central Liaoning sheng (province), China. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Shen-yang (Mukden). …
Britannica English vocabulary
TZU-PO — also called Chang-tien, Pinyin Zibo, or Zhangdian industrial city and municipality (shih), central Shantung Province (sheng), China. The core of …
Britannica English vocabulary
TAI — also spelled Dai, peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, including the Thai, or Siamese (in central and southern Thailand), the Lao …
Britannica English vocabulary
T'AI, MOUNT — WadeGiles T'ai Shan, also called Yu-huang Shan, Pinyin Tai Shan or Yuhuang Shan principal peak of the range of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYANMAR, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a red field (background) with a blue canton bearing, in white, a circle of stars, a …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIU-P'AN MOUNTAINS
Britannica English vocabulary
HAN RIVER — WadeGiles romanization Han Shui, Pinyin Han Shui, one of the most important tributaries of the Yangtze River of China. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
CH'IN-HUANG-TAO — Pinyin Qinhuangdao, seaport city lying in the east of Hopeh sheng (province), China, on the Liao-tung Gulf. Ch'in-huang-tao is situated …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

← SHAMUS SHANDONG→