Shan

//ʃɑn//

Synonyms for "shan" (8 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

Related words (4)

Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)

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Translations

35 translations across 14 languages.

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Burmese

2 entries
  • ရှမ်းဘာသာ name (Shan language)
  • ရှမ်းလူမျိုး noun (Shan people)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 撣語 /掸语 name (Shan language)
  • 撣 /掸 noun (Shan people)

Finnish

3 entries
  • shan name (Shan language)
  • shan-kansa noun (Shan people)
  • shanit noun (Shan people)

French

2 entries
  • shan name (Shan language)
  • Shans noun (Shan people)

Lao

4 entries
  • ພາສາໄທເໜືອ name (Shan language)
  • ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່ name (Shan language)
  • ງ້ຽວ noun (Shan people)
  • ແງ້ວ noun (Shan people)

3 entries
  • ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ name (Shan language)
  • ᦇᦲᧁᧉ noun (Shan people)
  • ᦺᦑᦇᦲᧁᧉ noun (Shan people)

Marathi

2 entries
  • शान name (Shan language)
  • शान noun (Shan people)

Mon

1 entries
  • သေံ noun (Shan people)

Northern Thai

2 entries
  • กำเงี้ยว name (Shan language)
  • กำไต name (Shan language)

Pa'o Karen

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  • ဖြဝ်ꩻ noun (Shan people)

Polish

1 entries
  • szański name (Shan language)

Portuguese

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  • name (Shan language)

Shan

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  • လိၵ်ႈတႆး name (Shan language)
  • ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး name (Shan language)
  • တႆး noun (Shan people)

Thai

4 entries
  • ภาษาเงี้ยว name (Shan language)
  • ภาษาไทใหญ่ name (Shan language)
  • ฉาน noun (Shan people)
  • ชาวไทใหญ่ noun (Shan people)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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"Why does Urumqi have such cold weather?" "Naturally, because it's north of the Tian Shan."

Source: tatoeba (2583985)

Here man! that's pure shan that like

Source: wiktionary

The Thai proper are related to the Shans of Burma, the Siamese of Thailand and the Lao of Indochina. The Chinese segment of the Thai ethnic group is settled in Yünnan Province, where it numbers 580,000. It constitutes the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Autonomous Chou in the southern part of the province and shares the Tehung Autonomous Chou in the west with the Chingpo (Kachin). The Thai of the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Chou speak the Lü dialect, those of the Tehung Chou are more closely related to the Shans of northern Burma.

Source: wiktionary

Although holding mainly high upland territory in Burma, the Shan themselves live only in the valleys and in stretches of plain. The surrounding hill country is occupied by relatively primitive hill peoples living in economic symbiosis with the Shan, but there is no clear genetic distinction between the Shan and their neighbours. With minor exceptions modern Shan communities are Buddhist. Most Shan are cultivators of rice; they have a characteristic species of feudal political structure. Shan culture probably diffused southward and westward from west-central China from Han times (c. 200 B.C.) onward.

Source: wiktionary

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