a member of a people living in Myanmar, Thailand, and SW China
2.
the language or group of dialects spoken by the Shan, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family and closely related to Thai
Shan in American English
(ʃɑn; ʃæn)
noun
1. Word forms: pluralShans or Shan
a member of a group of Asian peoples living esp. in NE Myanmar and S China
2.
the Tai language of these peoples
Word origin
< Burmese
Examples of 'Shan' in a sentence
Shan
In the snowy Tien Shan Mountains, near by the Chinese frontier.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
`This is the Tian Shan which straddles China and Kyrgyzstan.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
Once upon a time, the Chinese warlords of the Shan mountains eliminated their enemies in the manner in which Vincent Tinh was killed.
Lustbader, Eric FLOATING CITY (1994)
Word lists with
Shan
Asian Languages
All related terms of 'Shan'
shan't
Shan't is the usual spoken form of 'shall not'.
Nan Shan
a mountain range in N central China , mainly in Qinghai province , with peaks over 6000 m (20 000 ft)
Tian Shan
a great mountain system of central Asia , in Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China , extending for about 2500 km (1500 miles). Highest peak : Jengish Chokusu or Tomur Feng ( formerly Pobeda Peak), 7439 m (24 406 ft)
Tien Shan
→ Tian Shan
Tyan-Shan
a great mountain system of central Asia , in Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China , extending for about 2500 km (1500 miles). Highest peak : Jengish Chokusu or Tomur Feng (formerly Pobeda Peak), 7439 m (24 406 ft)
Shan State
an administrative division of E Myanmar : formed in 1947 from the joining of the Federation of Shan States with the Wa States; consists of the Shan plateau crossed by forested mountain ranges reaching over 2100 m (7000 ft). Pop: 4 416 000 (1994 est). Area: 149 743 sq km (57 816 sq miles)
An Lu Shan
703–57 ad , Chinese military governor . He declared himself emperor (756) and seized the capital Chang An; murdered by a eunuch slave
Chinling Shan
→ Qinling Shan
Qinling Shan
mountain range in NC China , extending across Gansu , Shaanxi , & Henan provinces: highest peak , c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)