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Yanan¹

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From Yana + -an.

noun Yanans

  1. rare 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.

    Similar: Yana

proper noun

  1. rare 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 […]

    Similar: Yana

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare 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, […]

Yanan²

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 延安 (Yán'ān), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Yan'an Some of the famous inns like the Taian Inn and the Qianyi Inn located in the Jiaji Long (lane) to the north of Yangjingbang (the present Yanan Road, East) started their business in a lane.

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name prefecture-level city

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"Yanan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yanan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Yanan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yanan

Chicago

"Yanan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yanan.

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@misc{yanan_2026,
  title = {Yanan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yanan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}