Shan may refer to:
People
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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 wa ...
, 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. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhôḥānān), meaning “Yahweh is ...
*Occasionally used as a short form of
Shannen
Shannon ("old river") is an Irish name, Anglicised from Sionainn. Alternative spellings include Shannen, Shanon, Shannan, Seanan, and Siannon. The variant Shanna is an Anglicisation of Sionna.
''Sionainn'' derives from the Irish name ''Abha na t ...
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Shannon
Ethnic groups
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Shan people
The Shan people ( shn, တႆး; , my, ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ), also known as the Tai Long, or Tai Yai are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan are the biggest minority of Burma (Myanmar) and primarily live in th ...
, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar
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Shan language
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Dai people, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China
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Shanrong
Shanrong (山戎), or Rong (戎) were an Old Chinese nomadic people of ancient China.
Origin
Shanrong literally means the Rong of mountain. The Rong were a collection of tribes that lived in Northern China during the Spring and Autumn period, it ...
(山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China
Individuals
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Shaan Shahid
Armaghan Shahid PP ( ur, ; born 27 April 1971), better known by his stage names Shaan Shahid ( ur, ) or Shaan, is a Pakistani actor, producer, model, writer and director. Shaan has established himself as one of the most popular leading acto ...
, Pakistani actor, model, writer and film director
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MC Shan
Shawn Moltke (born September 6, 1965) better known by his stage name MC Shan, is an American hip hop and R&B recording artist.
He is best known for his song "The Bridge" produced by Marley Marl, and for collaborating with Snow on "Informer" ...
, rapper
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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 ...
, second emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
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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, abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China
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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
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Shan County, Henan (陕县), now Shanzhou District of Sanmenxia city, a county in Sanmenxia, Henan, China
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Shantou, or Shan (汕), a city in Guangdong, China
*Shan (鄯), a region in
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
*Shan (剡), a river in the
Zhejiang Province of China
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Shan Hills, a region of Burma, China, and Thailand
Other places
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Shan State of Burma (modern state)
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Shan States of Burma (historical kingdoms)
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Shan Hills, 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 the Chinese chronicles between the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD that referred to the regions west of Yumen Pass, most often Central Asia or sometimes more spe ...
(西域) to the west of China
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山
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 charac ...
, ''shan'', Chinese character (used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean) for "mountains" or "mountain range"
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Mount Shani
Mt. Shani ( ka, შანი), also known as Shan (russian: Шан) and Shanloam ( inh, Шанлоам, meaning "icy mountain") is a mountain in the Caucasus. It has an elevation of and is on the international border between Georgia and Ingushet ...
or Gora Shan, a mountain in the Caucasus
Other uses
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Shan Foods
Shan Foods (Pvt) Limited is a global 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 from there ...
, 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 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 Myanmar, the ...
, a horse breed from the Shan State of Myanmar
See also
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Xiao (mythology), several creatures from Chinese mythology
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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
Ishaan Dev better known as shaan is an Indian music composer, si ...
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Shani (disambiguation)
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