Yanan
Yanan noun: synonym of Yana (“(member of) a particular North American Indian people”). Also the alternative form of Yan'an.
Noun
Yanan (plural Yanans)
- Synonym of Yana (“(member of) a particular North American Indian people”).
- Yanan or Nozi, Lassen Butte and Round Mountain. Pujunan or Maidu, east bank of Sacramento river.1891, Daniel Garrison Brinton, The American Race, page 109
- Sixthly, the Editor of the Baptist Mission Review, commenting on the last theory, suggests a probable connection between the Yánádis of Southern India and the Yanans of North California. The latter are a North American tribe, who differ from the other Indian tribes of California in physique and...1901, T. Ranga Rao, “The Yánádis of the Nellore District”, in Madras Government Museum: Bulletin, volume 4, number 1 (Anthropology), Madras: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, page 88
- Synonyms:
- Yana
Proper noun
Yanan
- Synonym of Yana (“extinct language of the Yana people”).
- ([…] a Yanan-like system specifically could develop), the bias in a diachronic analysis of the Yanan system should probably be that it developed from an original three-vowel system. (Though other five-vowel systems will be […]2002, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, page 38
- When Yanan is followed by Hokan-Siouan in the directory, no claim is made that a supposed Hokan-Siouan entity ever existed. All that is claimed is that if a scholar specializes in Yanan he will be more inclined to study languages […]2013, Thomas Sebeok, Native Languages of the Americas, volume 2, page 207
- Synonyms:
- Yana
Adjective
Yanan (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Yana people of California or their language.
- […] Yanan (or Noje, or Nozi) linguistic stock of North American Indians, whose former habitat was bounded on the east by a mountain range a little west of Lassen Butte, […]1920, The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, page 611
- The Yahi or Deer Creek Indians is the most southerly division of the Yanan stock.1951, Charles Haywood, “The California Area: Tribes. Yana”, in A Bibliography Of North American Folklore And Folksong, Book Two: The American Indians North of Mexico. Part Two: Bibliography of the...
Also used as
Yanan is also the alternative form of Yan'an.
Examples of Yanan in a sentence
- Sixthly, the Editor of the Baptist Mission Review, commenting on the last theory, suggests a probable connection between the Yánádis of Southern India and the Yanans of North California.1901, T. Ranga Rao, “The Yánádis of the Nellore District”, in Madras Government Museum: Bulletin, volume 4, number 1 (Anthropology)...
- The Yanans of northern California are among the latest of the Amerinds to be connected with the peoples of southern Asia by would-be ethnologists.1902 July–September, “Notes and Queries: Folk-Lore of Anthropology”, in Journal of American Folk-Lore, volume 15, number 58, →JSTOR, page...
- Even a connexion with the Yanans of North California has been suggested!1948, A. Aiyappan, “XI: Criminal Tribes. Yenadi and Irula”, in Report on the Socio-economic Conditions of the Aboriginal Tribes of the...
- Nine Yanan persons appeared in the census of 1930: John R.2013 [2003], William Brandon, “Notes”, in The Rise and Fall North American Indians: From Prehistory through Geronimo, Lanham, MD: Roberts...
Synonyms of Yanan
Forms of Yanan
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Origin of Yanan
From Yana + -an.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 延安 (Yán'ān), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Questions about Yanan
- What does Yanan mean?
- Yanan means synonym of Yana (“(member of) a particular North American Indian people”).
- How do you use Yanan in a sentence?
- Sixthly, the Editor of the Baptist Mission Review, commenting on the last theory, suggests a probable connection between the Yánádis of Southern India and the Yanans of North California.
- What part of speech is Yanan?
- Yanan can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Yanan?
- The plural of Yanan is Yanans.
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