Shan

[shahn, shan]

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.

Shan

/ 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

Example Sentences

Pakistan skipper Shan Masood won the toss and opted to bat in the first Test against South Africa in Lahore on Sunday.

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The Ming family were once one of the most powerful in Myanmar's Shan State, and ran scam centres in Laukkai which held at least 10,000 workers.

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The force of the water unleashed by the lake burst could be compared to a tsunami, said Chen Wen Shan, emeritus professor of geology at National Taiwan University.

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Shan Saunders, the senior crown prosecutor on the case, said it was "unusual to have a phone that when downloaded contains so much information".

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The Ta'ang National Liberation Army, an armed rebel group, said that military troops shot at the convoy of nine vehicles with machine guns in eastern Shan State.

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