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Definition of Chinese shan
1. Noun. A branch of the Tai languages.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Shan
Literary usage of Chinese shan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"378 * , FW : Journeys in chinese shan —, BS, end HX Tuck: Chin Hills, History of
the people, etc., VIII. 050 t; X.211§ Caria : see Karia C'a rib Indians of ..."
2. The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago by Alleyne Ireland (1907)
"Though the turban worn by the chinese shan females is peculiar to the ...
the divergences in dress between the Hsenwi and the chinese shan are not radical. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820)
"... the map of the slave places a country which is called Ta- rout or Chinese
Shan ; for the ... or chinese shan ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"To the east of the Salween and to the south of the chinese shan States lie a
number of independent and semi-independent Lawa States stretching across to the ..."
5. L. Richard's ... Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese Empire and by Louis Richard (1908)
"Carey FW — A trip to the chinese shan States. (Geogr. Journal. 1899. Vol. XIV.
p. 878-394). Carey FW—Journeys in the chinese shan States. (Geogr. Journal. ..."
6. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1889)
"... but we have done this because we knew that Bhamo was the commercial port of
the chinese shan States, which lie to the west of the Salween river, ..."
7. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1820)
"... the map of the slave places a country which is called Ta- rout or chinese shan;
... or chinese shan, ..."
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