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Altan may refer to: * Altan (name) * Altan (band), a folk music group from Donegal * ''Altan'' (album), a 1987 album by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy * Altan Jalab, a village in Afghanistan * Altan (river), stretch of the lower course of the Kuranakh-Yuryakh river, Yakutia, Russia See also * Atlan (other) Atlan may refer to: *Atlan Anien (1920–1992), Marshallese politician *Françoise Atlan (born 1964), French singer *Henri Atlan (born 1931), French Algerian biophysicist and philosopher *Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist *Liliane Atla ...
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Altan (name)
Altan is a male Turkish given name used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden"Гарма Данцаранович Санжеев - The modern Mongolian language (1973), p. 24 in Mongolian and "red dawn" in Turkic. The related word " Altın" is also Turkish for "golden" and a common Turkish first name. Given name * Altan Aksoy, a Turkish football player * (born 1969), Turkish painter * (born 1969), Turkish singer-songwriter * (born 1944), Turkish archaeologist * Altan Debter, an early, now lost history of the Mongols * (1936-2012), Turkish historian, writer and journalist * Altan Dinçer (1932-2010), Turkish basketball player * Engin Altan Düzyatan (born 1979), Turkish actor * (1929-1988), Turkish cartoonist, actor, journalist * Altan Erkekli, a Turkish theatre and film actor * Altan Erol, a Turkish professional basketball player * (born 1958), Turkish actor * (1931-2014), Turkish actor and director * (born 1986), Turkish football player * ...
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Altan (band)
Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. The group were primarily influenced by traditional Irish language songs from Donegal and have sold over a million records. The group were the first traditional Irish group to be signed to a major label when they signed with Virgin Records in 1994. The group has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Enya, The Chieftains, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, and many others. Origin As an 18-year-old young student and musician from Belfast, Frankie Kennedy used to travel to Gweedore, County Donegal on his summer holidays, learning Irish and playing traditional Irish music on Irish flute and tin whistle. There he met native 14-year-old Irish-speaker and musician Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, the daughter of musician Proinsias Ó Maonaigh from Gweedore and the two fell in love with each other but Ní Mhaonaigh being very young, an innocent friendship began. ...
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Altan (album)
''Altan'' is the second (studio) album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (future founders of the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1987 by Green Linnet Records. The musicians appearing on this album are substantially those that became the early incarnation of the band Altan. The band later (retroactively) called ''Altan'' their debut album. Track listing # "The Highlandman/The Cliffs of Glencolumbkille/Old Cuffe Street" – 3:12 # "An tSeanchailleach Gallda/Dermot Byrne's" – 3:04 # "Tá Mo Cleamhnas a Dhéanamh" – 5:15 # "The Cat That Ate The Candle/Over the Water to Bessie" – 3:10 # "Ceol A'Phíobaire" – 3:50 # "Tommy Peoples'/Loch Altan/Danny Meehan's" – 3:28 # "Rogha an Ghabha/Charlie O'Donnell's" – 2:40 # "The Sunset" – 3:38 # "Thug Mé Rúide" – 4:25 # "Humours of Whiskey/The Fairy Jig/Humours of Whiskey" – 3:18 # "Jimmy Lyons'/Leslie's Reel" – 2:21 # "Cití na gCumann" – 3:57 # "Con Cassidy's Highland/Neilly O'Boyle's Highland &a ...
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Altan Jalab
Altan Jalab is a village in Afghanistan. At the turn of the 20th century, it has been the end of the 30th stage on the Jalalabad-Faizabad-Rustak Rustaq ( ar, ٱلرُّسْتَاق, Ar-Rustāq) is a town and ''Wilayah'' (District) in Al Batinah Region of northern Oman. The wilayah is in the Western Hajar Mountains, in the south of the Batinah. Rustaq was once the capital of Oman, during ... road, about halfway between Faizabad and Rustak. The area is also said to have been the location of extensive ruins of the town and fort of Kala-i-Zafar. More recently, Altan Jalab has been reported as the name of a small town about 27 miles southwest of Faizabad, with a stream in the vicinity. References Populated places in Argo District {{Badakhshan-geo-stub ...
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Altan (river)
The Kuranakh-Yuryakh (russian: Куранах-Юрях or Кураанах-Юрэх; sah, Кураанах Үрэх, ''Kuraanax Ürex'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a length of — together with the Nyolu— and a drainage basin area of . The lower stretch of its course is also known as Altan. The Kuranakh-Yuryakh flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate tundra territories of the East Siberian Lowland. Its basin falls within Ust-Yansky and Bulunsky districts. Course The Kuranakh-Yuryakh is a left tributary of the Omoloy. It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the Orulgan Range of the Verkhoyansk Range system. The river flows roughly northeastwards across mountainous terrain, bound in the east by the Sietinden Range, then it heads eastwards along a wide valley. As it descends into the floodplain of the East Siberian Lowland, it turns again in a northeastern direction, flowing slowly ...
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