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People and languages

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Shan (surname) Shan () is a Chinese surname. The origin of this surname is not clear. One explanation is that it came from Shan County in Shandong province. Another possible origin involves King Cheng of Zhou's youngest son's acquisition of the name when he was ...
, or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname *Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelled
Siân Siân (also Sian, Shân, Shahn; , ) is a Welsh feminine given name, equivalent to the English Jane, Scottish Sheena or Irish Siobhán. List of people with the name * Sian Barbara Allen (1946–2025), American film and television actress * ...
*Occasionally used as a short form of Shannen/ Shannon


Ethnic groups and languages

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Shan people The Shan people (, , or , ), also known as the Tai Long (တႆးလူင်, ) or Tai Yai, are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan are the biggest minority of Burma (Myanmar) and primarily live in the Shan State, but also inhabi ...
, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar **
Shan language Shan is the native language of the Shan people and is mostly spoken in Shan State, Myanmar. It is also spoken in pockets in other parts of Myanmar, in Northern Thailand, in Yunnan, in Laos, in Cambodia, in Vietnam and decreasingly in Assam an ...
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Dai people The Dai people ( Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ; ; ; , ; , ; zh, c=, p=Dǎizú) are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ...
, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China *
Shanrong Shanrong (), or Rong () were an Old Chinese nomadic people of ancient China. Origin Shanrong translates to the "mountain Rong". The Rong were a collection of nomadic tribes that lived in Northern China during the Spring and Autumn period, and a ...
(山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China


Individuals

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Shaan Shahid Armaghan Shahid PP (; born 27 April 1971), better known by his stage names Shaan Shahid () or Shaan, is a Pakistani actor, producer, model, screewriter and director. Shaan has established himself as one of the most popular leading actors of Pak ...
, Pakistani actor, model, writer and film director *
MC Shan Shawn Moltke (born September 6, 1965), better known by his stage name MC Shan, is an American rapper, singer and record producer from New York City. He is best known for his guest appearance and production on Canadian singer Snow's 1992 single " ...
, rapper *
Liu Shan Liu Shan (, 207–271), courtesy name Gongsi, was the second and last emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. As he ascended the throne at the age of 16, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of the Chancellor Zhuge Liang ...
, second emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. * Fu Buqi (宓不齊; Fu Pu-ch'i; born 521BC) who was accorded the title 'Count of Shan'


Places


China

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Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
, abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China *
Shan County, Shandong Shan County or Shanxian () is a county in the southwest of Shandong province, China, bordering the provinces of Anhui to the southeast and Henan to the southwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Heze Heze (), fo ...
(单县), county in Heze, Shandong, China * Shan County, Henan (陕县), now Shanzhou District of Sanmenxia city, a county in Sanmenxia, Henan, China *
Shantou Shantou, Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 20 ...
, or Shan (汕), a city in Guangdong, China *Shan (鄯), a region in
Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
Uyghur Autonomous Region *Shan (剡), a river in the
Zhejiang ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...
Province of China *
Shan Hills The Shan Hills (; ''Shan Yoma''), also known as Shan Highland, is a vast mountainous zone that extends through Yunnan to Myanmar and Thailand. The whole region is made up of numerous peaks separated mostly by narrow valleys, as well as a few ...
, a region of Burma, China, and Thailand


Other places

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Shan State Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...
of Burma (modern state) *
Shan States The Shan States were a collection of minor Shan people, Shan kingdoms called ''mueang, möng'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' (''sawbwa''). In British rule in Burma, British Burma, they were analogous to the princely states of Britis ...
of Burma (historical kingdoms) *
Shan Hills The Shan Hills (; ''Shan Yoma''), also known as Shan Highland, is a vast mountainous zone that extends through Yunnan to Myanmar and Thailand. The whole region is made up of numerous peaks separated mostly by narrow valleys, as well as a few ...
, a region of Burma, China, and Thailand *Shan (鄯), ancient
Western Regions The Western Regions or Xiyu (Hsi-yü; ) was a historical name specified in Ancient Chinese chronicles between the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD that referred to the regions west of the Yumen Pass, most often the Tarim Basin in prese ...
(西域) to the west of China *
Radical 46 or radical mountain () meaning "mountain" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes. It is found in the names of mountains generally in east Asia. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 636 chara ...
, ''shan'', Chinese character (used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean) for "mountains" or "mountain range" *
Mount Shani Mt. Shani (; ka, შანი; ) also known as Shan and Shanloam is a mountain in the Caucasus. It has an elevation of and is on the international border between Georgia and Ingushetia, Russia. The mountain rises approx. nine kilometres to ...
or Gora Shan, a mountain in the Caucasus


Other uses

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Shan Foods Shan Foods (Private) Limited is a Pakistani producer of packaged spice mixes, primarily used in South Asian dishes. The company was established in 1981 as a single-room operation by its founder, Sikander Sultan, in Pakistan and quickly grew fro ...
, a brand of Pakistani cuisine spice mixes *Insect from Shaggai, or Shan, a fictional alien race in the writings of
Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...
* The
Shan Horse The Shan Horse or Shan Myinn is a Burmese breed of small mountain horse or pony from the Shan Highland, in Shan State in eastern Myanmar (Burma). It was traditionally bred by the Shan people of that area. It is one of two horse breeds in Myan ...
, a horse breed from the Shan State of Myanmar


See also

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Xiao (mythology) In Chinese mythology, the ''xiao'' is the name of several creatures, including the ''xiao'' ( zh, t=囂, p=xiāo, w=hsiao1) "a long-armed ape" or "a four-winged bird" and ''shanxiao'' ( zh, t=山魈, p=shānxiāo) "mischievous, one-legged mountain ...
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Shaan (disambiguation) Shaan may refer to: * ''Shaan'' (1980 film), an Indian Hindi film * ''Shaan'' (2022 film), a Bangladeshi film * Shaan (singer) (born 1972), Indian playback singer * Ishaan Dev, Indian musical artist known as Shaan * Shaan Hundal (born 1999), Can ...
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Shani (disambiguation) Shani is one of the Navagraha (the nine primary celestial beings) in Hindu astrology. It may also refer to: People Given name *Shani Arshad, Pakistani musician *Shani Bakanov (born 2006), Israeli world champion rhythmic gymnast *Shani Bloch (b ...
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