Shan

[ shahn, shan ]

/ ʃɑn, ʃæn /

a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.

a language spoken in the Shan States and belonging to the Tai group of languages.

Example sentences from the Web for shan

Far away from the town an obliging Shan had attached himself to us as guide.

An Australian in China |George Ernest Morrison
Cursorily examined, the Shan Hai King is a farrago of falsehood; read with intelligence, it is a mine of historical wealth.

Mythical Monsters |Charles Gould
It has been suggested that in dealing with the Shan country there was undue delay.

A Civil Servant in Burma |Herbert Thirkel White
Virtually every Shan we saw in the south was heavily tattooed.

Camps and Trails in China |Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews

At this retort a snicker went up in the crowd, and Shan turned upon his followers with a brow like a thundercloud.

Ted Strong's Motor Car |Edward C. Taylor

Shan

/ (ʃɑːn) /

plural Shans or Shan a member of a Mongoloid people living in Myanmar, Thailand, and SW China

the language or group of dialects spoken by the Shan, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family and closely related to Thai