Definition of shans:
(adj) :
(Geordie, Edinburgh) unfair, harsh
(adj) :
(Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality
(n) :
A member of 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.
(n) :
The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
(n) :
A state of Myanmar.
(adj) :
Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.