luan

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈlu(w)ɑn/ === Noun === luan (countable and uncountable, plural luans) Alternative spelling of lauan. === Anagrams === Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Luna, auln, luna, ulan, ulna, unal == Albanian == === 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) (zoology) lion (figurative, also as adjective) brave, valiant, courageous ==== Declension ==== === References === === 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, Leonard (1999), “luan”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press == Mandarin == === Romanization === luan nonstandard spelling of luán nonstandard spelling of luǎn nonstandard spelling of luàn nonstandard spelling of lüán 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 front Antonym: buri == Tetum == === Noun === luan width