Chan may refer to:
Places
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Chan (commune), Cambodia
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Chan Lake, by
Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada
People
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Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田)
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Chan Caldwell
Charles Andrew Caldwell (January 6, 1920 – June 14, 2000) was a Canadian football coach who served as the head coach of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1955. He played college football at Tennessee.
Early life and education
Chan Caldwell was born ...
(1920–2000), Canadian football coach
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Chan Gailey (born 1952), American football coach
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Chan Kai-kit
Tommy Chan Kai-kit (born 23 March 1950), born Chio Ho-cheong, is a Macanese businessman who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Following the revelation that Chan was the ...
(born 1952), Macanese businessman
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Chan Reec Madut Chan Reec Madut is a judge from South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central ...
, South Sudanese jurist
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Chan Romero (born 1941), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musicians
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Chan Santokhi
Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi ( Sarnami: चान संतोखी; ; born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname, since 2020. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi ...
(born 1959), President of Suriname and former chief of police
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Bang Chan (born 1997), member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids
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Heo Chan (born 1995), member of the South Korean boy band Victon
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Ta Chan, nom de guerre of Cambodian war criminal Mam Nai
Computing and media
*chan-, an abbreviation for channels in
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
*chan, a common suffix for the title of an
imageboard
CHAN
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African Nations Championship or ''Championnat d'Afrique des Nations'' (CHAN), an African football tournament
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CHAN-DT, a TV station in Vancouver, Canada
Other uses
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Chan Buddhism
Chan (; of ), from Sanskrit '' dhyāna'' (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and So ...
(禅), a school of Mahayana Buddhism
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-''chan'', a Japanese suffix which expresses endearment
*Chan (), a form of
Thai poetry
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"Chans" (Kent song)
*Chan, the plant ''
Hyptis suaveolens'', a relative of mint also known as "pignut"
See also
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Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...
, pronounced in Cantonese as Chan (陳)
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Chung (surname) Chung is a surname whose bearers are generally people of Chinese people, Chinese or Korean people, Korean descent. It is also a Vietnamese surname worn by people of Chinese descent but is very rare in Vietnam; the surname is known as Zhong (Traditio ...
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