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Shan may refer to:
People and languages
Shan (surname) , or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname
Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelled
Siân
Occasionally used as a short form of
Shannen /
Shannon
Ethnic groups and languages
Shan people , Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar
Dai people , also known as Shan, ethnic group in China
Shanrong (山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China
Individuals
Shaan Shahid , Pakistani actor, model, writer and film director
MC Shan , rapper
Liu Shan , 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
Shaanxi , abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China
Shan County, Shandong (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 , 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
Shan Hills , a region of Burma, China, and Thailand
Other places
Shan State of Burma (modern state)
Shan States of Burma (historical kingdoms)
Shan Hills , a region of Burma, China, and Thailand
Shan (鄯), ancient
Western Regions (西域) to the west of China
山 , shan , Chinese character (used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean) for "mountains" or "mountain range"
Mount Shani or Gora Shan, a mountain in the Caucasus
Other uses
Shan Foods , a brand of Pakistani cuisine spice mixes
Insect from Shaggai, or Shan, a fictional alien race in the writings of
Ramsey Campbell
The
Shan Horse , a horse breed from the Shan State of Myanmar
See also
Topics referred to by the same term