taan

plural taans

1. entertainmentA rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.

   Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

   1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 147

1. alternativeAlternative form of Daan.

   My family lived in Taipei's Taan District where many mainlanders were clustered amid the Taiwanese[...]

   2002, Hu, Taipei Review, volume 52, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19

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   Also, a county and municipality pretest was conducted in selected Taan District, in Taipei municipality and Taishan township in Taipei county to test the feasibility and soundness of all designs.

   1975, An Extract Report on the 1975 Sample Census of Population and Housing: Taiwan-Fukien Area, Republic of China, →OCLC, page 6

   As far as the Taipei Islamic center is concerned, no firm decision has been made so far, according to Hsu. But space has been allocated for the center in front of the existing Taipei Grand Mosque in the Taan district on an area of more than 36,000 square feet.

   1978 December 3, “Saudi links boost people's interest in Islam”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIX, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2

   In truth, Yeh Shan's footprints in the Taan district are only thinly scattered. His hometown is, naturally, at the water's margin, in Hualien.

   1982 February 1, “TAIPEI, TAIPEI!”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022

   We know the “ethnic” distribution between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese households in each district (ch’ü) of Taipei. In 1963, the percent of Taiwanese households varied from only 28.8% in Taan district to 86% in Chiencheng district. In 1991, Taan again had the lowest percent of Taiwanese households (63%) and Tatung the highest (86%).

   1996, Robert M. Marsh, “Solidarity with Extended Kin”, in The Great Transformation: Social Change in Taipei, Taiwan Since the 1960s, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 149–150

   Not far southeast of the memorial is the residential Ta-an district, a minor attraction but in many ways a more interesting insight into Taipei than the tourist sights.

   [2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 139