Shan

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Shan may refer to:

• 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

• Shan people, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar
  • Shan language
• Dai people, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China
• Shanrong (山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China

• 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'

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Xiao (mythology), several creatures from Chinese mythology
• Shaan (disambiguation)
• Shani (disambiguation)

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