"Shan" meaning in English

See Shan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʃɑn/, /ʃæn/
Etymology: From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ရှမ်း}} Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), {{der|en|th|สยาม}} Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam), {{doublet|en|Siam}} Doublet of Siam Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Shan (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Shan-en-adj-zrUBdn7b Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 11 25 18 19 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ʃɑn/, /ʃæn/
Etymology: From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ရှမ်း}} Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), {{der|en|th|สยาม}} Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam), {{doublet|en|Siam}} Doublet of Siam Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shan
  1. The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family. Categories (topical): Demonyms, Ethnonyms, Languages Translations (Shan language): ရှမ်းဘာသာ (hram:bhasa) (Burmese), 撣語 (Chinese Mandarin), 掸语 (shànyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), shan (Finnish), shan [masculine] (French), ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່ (phā sā thai nyai) (Lao), ພາສາໄທເໜືອ (phā sā thai nư̄a) (Lao), ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ (kamngiiw²) (), กำไต (kam tai) (Northern Thai), กำเงี้ยว (kam ngiao) [vulgar] (Northern Thai), szański [masculine] (Polish), လိၵ်ႈတႆး (līk tái) (Shan), ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး (kwáam tái) (Shan), ภาษาไทใหญ่ (phaasǎǎ thai yài) (Thai), ภาษาเงี้ยว (phasa ngiaw) [vulgar] (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Shan-en-name--VSgHeHW Disambiguation of Demonyms: 9 25 15 29 23 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 11 25 18 19 27 Disambiguation of Languages: 18 32 25 6 19 Disambiguation of 'Shan language': 85 15
  2. A state of Myanmar. Categories (topical): Demonyms, Ethnonyms Categories (place): Places in Myanmar, States of Myanmar
    Sense id: en-Shan-en-name-8T5bOqUP Disambiguation of Demonyms: 9 25 15 29 23 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 11 25 18 19 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ʃɑn/, /ʃæn/
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝/陕 (shǎn). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-m|陝}} 陝/陕 (shǎn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shan
  1. The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain. Categories (topical): Demonyms, Ethnonyms Categories (place): Places in Henan
    Sense id: en-Shan-en-name-cix1edNF Disambiguation of Demonyms: 9 25 15 29 23 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 11 25 18 19 27 Disambiguation of Places in Henan: 1 8 14 59 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ʃɑn/, /ʃæn/ Forms: Shans [plural], Shan [plural]
Etymology: From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ရှမ်း}} Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), {{der|en|th|สยาม}} Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam), {{doublet|en|Siam}} Doublet of Siam Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Shan}} Shan (plural Shans or Shan)
  1. A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people. Categories (topical): Demonyms, Ethnonyms Categories (place): Places in China Translations (Shan people): ရှမ်းလူမျိုး (hram:lu-myui:) (Burmese), (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), shanit [plural] (Finnish), shan-kansa (Finnish), Shans [plural] (French), ໄທໃຫຍ່ (thai nyai) (Lao), ແງ້ວ (ngǣu) (Lao), ງ້ຽວ (ngiāu) (Lao), ᦺᦑᦇᦲᧁᧉ (tayngiiw²) (), ᦇᦲᧁᧉ (ngiiw²) (), သေံ (Mon), ဖြဝ်ꩻ (Pa'o Karen), တႆး (tái) (Shan), ไทใหญ่ (tai-yài) (Thai), ชาวไทใหญ่ (chaaw thai yài) (Thai), ไต๊โหลง (tái lŏng) (Thai), ฉาน (chǎan) (Thai), เงี้ยว (ngíao) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Shan-en-noun-~tb1HCj0 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 9 25 15 29 23 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 11 25 18 19 27 Disambiguation of Places in China: 1 3 5 37 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "sense": "Shan people",
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thai nyai",
          "sense": "Shan people",
          "word": "ໄທໃຫຍ່"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ngǣu",
          "sense": "Shan people",
          "word": "ແງ້ວ"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ngiāu",
          "sense": "Shan people",
          "word": "ງ້ຽວ"
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          "roman": "phā sā thai nư̄a",
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          "word": "ພາສາໄທເໜືອ"
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          "roman": "kamngiiw²",
          "sense": "Shan language",
          "word": "ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ"
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          "roman": "kam tai",
          "sense": "Shan language",
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          "roman": "līk tái",
          "sense": "Shan language",
          "word": "လိၵ်ႈတႆး"
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          "roman": "kwáam tái",
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          "roman": "phaasǎǎ thai yài",
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          "Henan"
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      "sense": "Shan people",
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      "sense": "Shan people",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "lo",
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      "sense": "Shan people",
      "word": "ໄທໃຫຍ່"
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      "sense": "Shan language",
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      "lang": "Shan",
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      "lang": "Thai",
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}

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    }
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}

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    "en:Ethnonyms",
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