Shan

(Engels)

Noun

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.

Name

1. The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
2. A state of Myanmar.

Adj

Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.

Name

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʃɑn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam.

Concepten

Shan

Siam

Thailand

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Synoniemen

Tai Long

Lisu

Gulf of Thailand

Thailand

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Siam

Vertalingen

shan

الشانية

Schan-Sprache

shan

chan

Shan Dili

Shan

shan

shan

shan

xan

Ταϊλάνδη

Σαν

Shan

Siam