Shan

American  

[shahn, shan] / ʃɑn, ʃæn /

noun

plural

Shans,

plural

Shan

1. a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Myanmar (Burma).

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

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Shan British  

/ ʃɑːn /

noun

1. a member of a Mongoloid 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

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Example Sentences

AFP journalists joined a military-organised press tour through the smouldering wreckage of two former labs south of the town of Hsipaw in northeastern Shan state.

From Barron's

Mr Shan's company said it had hired numerous lawyers to try to recover the money owed by Ms Hansen's companies, but she and her business associates stopped communicating.

From BBC

But there was a muted celebratory air as teams loaded candles and fireworks onto the homemade airships, part of the annual Tazaungdaing hot air balloon festival in northern Shan state's Taunggyi city.

From Barron's

And the most powerful and best-armed of the Shan insurgent groups, the UWSA, has also buckled to Chinese demands and agreed to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to other opposition groups in Myanmar.

From BBC

Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bat in the second and final Test against South Africa in Rawalpindi on Monday.

From Barron's