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Shan

Shan [ shaan, shan ] (plural Shan or Shans)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Southeast Asian people: a member of a people living mainly in northeastern Myanmar and also in neighboring parts of China, Laos, and Thailand

2. Shan language: the Tai language of the Shan people. Native speakers: 2.5 million.

[Early 19th century. < Burmese]

Shan adjective
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