Example Sentences

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The Throne of God is a vast mountain of the Tien Shans in Central Asia where Russia gnaws into China.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hillsides were black with them: Chinese, Shans, Kachins.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week in London the Burmans pointed to the west, north, and east borders of British Burma and claimed the country where the Chins, Shans, Kachins, Nagas, Was, and some Karens lived.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was born in the Burma hills, amongst the Shans.

From The Sa'-Zada Tales by Fraser, William Alexander

Like the Shans, they dispense with pockets in their clothing, but instead wear suspended under their arm a cloth bag, which is often prettily embroidered.

From Burma Peeps at Many Lands by Kelly, R. Talbot (Robert Talbot)