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Yanan

adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Yana people of California or their language. not-comparable, rare

    "[…] Yanan (or Noje, or Nozi) linguistic stock of North American Indians, whose former habitat was bounded on the east by a mountain range a little west of Lassen Butte, […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Yana (“extinct language of the Yana people”). rare

    "([…] a Yanan-like system specifically could develop), the bias in a diachronic analysis of the Yanan system should probably be that it developed from an original three-vowel system. (Though other five-vowel systems will be […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Yan'an. alt-of, alternative

    "Some of the famous inns like the Taian Inn and the Qianyi Inn located in the Jiaji Long (lane) to the north of Yangjingbang (the present Yanan Road, East) started their business in a lane."

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Yana (“(member of) a particular North American Indian people”). rare

    "Yanan or Nozi, Lassen Butte and Round Mountain. Pujunan or Maidu, east bank of Sacramento river."

  2. 2
    the language spoken by the Yana wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Yana + -an.

Etymology 2

From Yana + -an.

Etymology 3

From Yana + -an.

Etymology 4

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 延安 (Yán'ān), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).

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