shan

Meanings

1. unfair, harsh
2. poor, low-quality

1. 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.

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

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

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

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps of Romani origin.