luan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luan"

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlu(w)ɑn/

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Noun

luan (countable and uncountable, plural luans)

1. Alternative spelling of lauan.

Anagrams

• Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Luna, auln, luna, ulan, ulna, unal

Albanian

Nje luan.

Alternative forms

• luâ — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin leō, leōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: lu‧án

Noun

luan m (plural luanë, definite luani, definite plural luanët)

1. (zoology) lion
2. (figurative, also as adjective) brave, valiant, courageous

Declension

Declension of luan

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	luan	luani	luanë	luanët
accusative		luanin
dative	luani	luanit	luanëve	luanëve
ablative			luanësh

Further reading

• “luan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999), “luan”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Mandarin

Romanization

luan

1. nonstandard spelling of luán
2. nonstandard spelling of luǎn
3. nonstandard spelling of luàn
4. nonstandard spelling of lüán
5. nonstandard spelling of lüǎn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Musi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hAluan, *hulu (“head”) +‎ *-an. Compare Malay haluan (“bow, front of a ship”). Doublet of ulon.

Noun

luan

1. front

   Antonym: buri

Tetum

Noun

luan

1. width