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单词 peguan
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Peguann.adj.

Brit. /ˈpɛɡjuːən/, /ˈpiːɡjuːən/, U.S. /pəˈɡ(j)uən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pegu , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Pegu (see Pegu n.) + -an suffix.
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the city or district of Pegu (now Bago) in southern Burma (Myanmar), the ancient capital of the Mon people; esp. a Mon.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [noun] > parts of
Pegu1577
Peguan1598
Peguerc1615
Arakanese1820
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xvii. 29/2 The Peguans [Du. Pegus] in time past were great Sodomites.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage Table Sabath..of Saracens on Friday..; of Peguans on Monday.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 195 The Religion of the Peguans is Ethnicall, knowing many but false Gods.
1691 T. Heyrick Misc. Poems iv. xii. 59 Or th' black-Mouth'd beardless Peguan.
1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations IV. ii. 36 The Peguans have other Doctrines no less absurd than those of the Manicheans.
1851 Chinese Repository 20 345 Frequent wars with the northern Siamese and the Peguans, or Mons.
1858 C. T. Winter Six Months Brit. Burmah ii. 15 The inhabitants consist principally of Burmans and Peguans.
1942 J. L. Christian Mod. Burma ii. 12 The Mons, known also as Talaings or Peguans, are an ancient race.
1998 Shakespeare Q. 29 370 The ‘English’ mulatto became enraged when the Flemish provost attacked his fellow Peguan and beat him back onto the Flemish ship.
2. The Mon-Khmer language of the Peguans; = Mon n.1 2. Now rare.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austroasiatic > Mon-Khmer > south
Peguan1698
Nicobarian1699
Mon1808
Talaing1854
Nicobarese1882
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 445 They shewed me books written in the Samaritan, Mendæan, Coptic or Ægyptian, Siamese, Peguan, Indostan, [etc.].
1847 J. M. Haswell (title) The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated into Peguan from the original Greek.
1927 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India: Index of Lang.-names I. 164 Peguan..According to the Burma Linguistic Survey, a form of Mōn (3) spoken in Amherst District.
1956 Introducing Burma 38 The Mon Khmer Branch consists of the Mon Group comprising—Talaing (Mon, Peguan, Martabanèese) which are spoken in the Pegu and Tenasserim Divisions.
1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 423/1 Mon is the speakers' own name for themselves and their language. In Burmese they are sometimes Mun but traditionally Talaing, and that term was used in older English sources, along with Peguan, which is now completely obsolete.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the city or district of Pegu, the Peguans, or their language and culture.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [adjective] > parts of
Peguan1613
Arakanese1820
Pegu1828
Magh1897
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage V. iii. 392 Few equall to this Peguan greatnesse.
1622 J. Hagthorpe Culuers of Wood in Divine Medit. 92 You Elephants caught in the Peguan Toyle.
?1760 J. Shebbeare Hist. Excellence & Decline Sumatrans II. 292 The Battle began, and the Peguan Navy was attacked on all Sides.
1780 D. Fenning & F. Hervey New Syst. Geogr. (new ed.) I. xxi. 174/2 Perceiving the want of discipline among the Peguan forces, he murdered the king.
1828 J. Crawfurd Jrnl. Embassy to Siam & Cochin China 78 We were serenaded by a Peguan band of music.
1874 J. M. Haswell Gram. Notes & Vocab. Peguan Lang. p. vi I sent a list of over sixty Peguan words to missionaries among the Kohls.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 720/2 Against the Siamese, who were also suspected of having abetted Peguan rebels, he proceeded more openly and severely.
1987 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 29 175 The expansion of Indian Ocean trade and the introduction of Portuguese firearms had stimulated a remarkable horizontal expansion of Peguan authority.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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