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Dan Vanden Heuvel
Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa ** Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia * Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible ** Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan * Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China Places * Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan * Dan, Israel, a kibbutz * Dan, subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand * Dan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dan River (other) * Danzhou, formerly Dan County, China * Gush Dan, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel Organizations * Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom * Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel * Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel *Dan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan (name)
Dan is a given name and surname in various cultures. Given name Origins as a given name Dan is an old Scandinavian given name with several disputed origins. The most likely being that it originated from the Old Norse nam for Danes. This in turn originated from the Proto-Germanic Masculine wor"Daniz" There are several historical variants including "Halbadaniz". Meaning; "Half-Dane". Alongsid"Daniskaz" where the "Iskaz" suffix refers to the term "Ish" ("modernised as Danish"). The name Dan is also a Hebrew given name, after Dan, the fifth son of Jacob with Bilhah and founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan. It is also (along with the variant Danny) a given name or a nickname for people named Daniel. Surname Origins As an English surname, Dan is a variant spelling of Dann. Dann, another variant spelling of which is Dane, is a toponymic surname which derives from the Old-Norse and earlier as the Proto-Germanic word . It also originates from the Middle English and Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |