Shan

Etymology 1
From, from. .

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Note: These are translations for the plural.


 * Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: shanit, shan-kansa
 * French:
 * Jingpho:
 * Lao: ໄທໃຫຍ່, ແງ້ວ, ງ້ຽວ
 * Lü: ᦺᦑᦇᦲᧁᧉ, ᦇᦲᧁᧉ
 * Marathi: शान
 * Mon: သေံ
 * Pa'o Karen:
 * Shan:
 * Thai:, , ไต๊โหลง, ,

Proper noun

 * 1) The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.

Translations

 * Burmese: ရှမ်းဘာသာ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Lao: ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່, ພາສາໄທເໜືອ
 * Lü: ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ
 * Marathi: शान
 * Mon:
 * Northern Thai: กำไต, กำเงี้ยว
 * Polish: szański
 * Shan: လိၵ်ႈတႆး, ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး
 * Thai:, ภาษาเงี้ยว

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.

Etymology 2
From the pinyin romanization of.

Proper noun

 * 1) The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.