Shan

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Tai Long

Lisu

Gulf of Thailand

Thailand

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Siam

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɑn/

Etymology

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