tuan

¹ British  

/ ˈtuːɑːn /

noun

1. (in Malay-speaking countries) sir; lord: a form of address used as a mark of respect

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tuan ² British  

/ ˈtuːən, ˈtjuː- /

noun

1. Also called: wambenger.   brush-tailed phascogale.   phascogale.  a flying phalanger, Phascogale tapoatafa , of Australia. It is about the size of a rat, bluish grey in colour, brush-tailed, arboreal, and nocturnal

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Etymology

Origin of tuan¹

Malay

Origin of tuan²

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

"This was the biggest flood I have experienced, with water levels in my house about 40 centimetres higher than that of 1999," said 56-year-old Hue resident Tran Anh Tuan.

From Barron's

"My ground floor is under about two metres of floodwaters. We had moved all essential furniture upstairs. We have been in the dark over a day as power was cut off," Tuan told AFP from his three-storey house in central Hue.

From Barron's

“This happens way too often, this doesn’t have to happen,” said Tuan Ngo, an organizer with a public safety advocacy group called Asians Unite.

From Los Angeles Times

While in recent years major coffee roasters have been able to absorb price hikes to keep customers happy and maintain market share, it looks like that's about to change, according to Vinh Nguyen, the chief executive of Vinh Nguyen Tuan Loc Commodities.

From BBC

Prosecutors had charged Marquise Cooper, 34, with murder in January in the slaying of Officer Tuan Le, 36.

From Los Angeles Times