Shan

  1. Noun.  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.
  2. Noun.  The language of this people, in the Tai-Kadai language family.
  3. Noun.  A state in Thailand.
  4. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.
  5. Adjective.  (Geordie) unfair.
  6. Adjective.  (Hartlepool) poor.

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