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San vs Shan - What's the difference?

san | shan |

As nouns the difference between san and shan

is that san is a letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa while Shan is a member of this people.

As proper nouns the difference between san and shan

is that san is a member of the ethnically distinct, short-statured nomadic people of southern Africa while Shan is a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.

As an acronym SAN

is styrene-acrylonitrile resin.

As an adjective shan is

unfair, harsh.

san

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase ) that came after pi and before qoppa.

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    Etymology 2

    sanatorium

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, informal) A sanatorium.
  • * 1940 , Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School
    • "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San ."
  • * 2005 , Dan Soucoup, ?Richard Thorne McCully, McCully's New Brunswick (page 137)
    • River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San " at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.

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    shan

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Geordie) unfair, harsh
    • Here man! that's pure shan that like
  • (Hartlepool) poor

    • Synonyms

    * (unfair) lenns (Geordie), unfair, unjust

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