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Yans

Yans is the plural of Yan.

Meaning of Yan

Proper noun (1)

Yan

  1. (historical) An ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty.
    • It is Lady Zhao who concocts a devious plan to unite the populace behind the emperor by arranging a bogus assassination attempt that will justify his invasion of the neighboring kingdom of Yan. The climactic showdown with Jing Ke (Zhang Fengyi), the fearless professional killer she recruits for the...1999 December 17, Stephen Holden, “FILM REVIEW; A Bloodthirsty Unification of China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2011, Movie Review
  2. (historical) The realm of this land under later imperial Chinese dynasties.
  3. A mountain chain in northeastern China.
    Synonyms:
    Yanshan

Proper noun (2)

Yan (plural Yans)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.
  2. A transliteration of the Belarusian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Ян (Jan)

Proper noun (3)

Yan

  1. A surname from Mandarin.

See all 9 meanings of yan

Questions about Yans

What is Yans the plural of?
Yans is the plural of Yan.

Words near Yans in the dictionary

  1. Yanoses
  2. Yanping
  3. Yanqing
  4. yanqui
  5. yanquis
  6. Yans
  7. Yanshan
  8. Yanshi
  9. Yanshuei
  10. Yanshui
  11. Yant

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