Basan may refer to:
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Basan (legendary bird)
The Basan (波山), alternatively referred to as Basabasa (婆娑婆娑) or Inuhōō (犬鳳凰),"幻想世界の住人たち IV 日本編』 新紀元社〈Truth in fantasy〉". Katsumi Tada, 1990, pp. 86-87. is a fowl-like bird with origins ste ...
, in Japanese folklore
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Basan (character) Basan may refer to:
* Basan (legendary bird), in Japanese folklore
* Basan (character), a fictional character in ''The Song of Roland''
* Bashan, or Basan, a Biblical region
* Bażany, ''Basan'' in German, a village in Poland
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, a fictional character in ''
The Song of Roland
''The Song of Roland'' (french: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century '' chanson de geste'' based on the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 AD, during the reign of the Carolingian king Charlemagne. It i ...
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Bashan
Bashan (; he, הַבָּשָׁן, translit=ha-Bashan; la, Basan or ''Basanitis'') is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of the Transjordan during the Iron Age. It is situated in modern-day Syria. Its western part, now ...
, or Basan, a Biblical region
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Bażany
Bażany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.
The name of the vil ...
, ''Basan'' in German, a village in Poland
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Polohy Raion
Polohy Raion ( uk, Пологівський район) is one of the 5 raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Polohy. Population: .
The district was established in ac ...
, Ukraine
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Nova Basan Nova Basan ( uk, Нова Басань) is a village (selo) of Ukraine, in Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Nova Basan rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
In 1897, a post office was opened in No ...
, villages in
Nizhyn Raion
Nizhyn Raion ( uk, Ніжинський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Nizhyn. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the ...
, Ukraine
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Basan (crater) Basan may refer to:
* Basan (legendary bird), in Japanese folklore
* Basan (character), a fictional character in ''The Song of Roland''
* Bashan, or Basan, a Biblical region
* Bażany, ''Basan'' in German, a village in Poland
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geological features on Iapetus
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Basan (leather), sheepskin tanned in oak- or larch-bark, and used for bookbinding, etc.
People with the name
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Eadwig Basan, eleventh-century English monk and scribe
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Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797), French engraver
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Ghillie Basan (born 1962), Scottish writer and cook
See also
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Basin (disambiguation)
Basin may refer to:
Geography and geology
* Depression (geology)
** Back-arc basin, a submarine feature associated with island arcs and subduction zones
** Debris basin, designed to prevent damage from debris flow
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Bassan (disambiguation)
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Bazan (disambiguation)
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