Shan

[ shahn, shan ]

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noun

plural Shans, (especially collectively) Shan.

a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Myanmar (Burma).
a language spoken in the Shan States and belonging to the Tai group of languages.

Shan

/ ʃɑː�� /

noun

ShansShan 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

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The Ta'ang National Liberation Army, an armed rebel group, said that military troops shot at the convoy of nine vehicles with machine guns in eastern Shan State.

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A joint operation by China and ethnic insurgent groups back in 2023 did seek to shut down scam centres in Myanmar's Shan State.

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The other two members of the alliance have stayed on the border, in Shan State.

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Vegetation influences sediment transport especially in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and Tien Shan.

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Nestled in the Tien Shan mountains, the largest east to west mountain range on Earth, merchants from all over Europe and Asia would travel to Tashbulak and Tugunbulak to hawk their wares.

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