Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
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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 i ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
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Dan people
The Dan are a Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia. There are approximately 700,000 members of the group and their largest settlement is Man, Ivory Coast. Neighboring peoples include the Krahn, Kpelle and Man ...
, an ethnic group located in West Africa
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Dan language
Dan is a Southern Mande language spoken primarily in Ivory Coast (~800,000 speakers) and Liberia (150,000–200,000 speakers). There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, G ...
, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
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Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible
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Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan
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Crown Prince Dan
Crown Prince Dan () was a crown prince of the State of Yan during the Warring States period of ancient China. He was also called Yan Dan ().
He lived in the State of Qin as a hostage, but returned to Yan in 232 BC. He sent Jing Ke to assassina ...
, prince of Yan in ancient China
Places
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Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan
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Dan, Israel
Dan ( he, דָּן) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the north of the Hula Valley, at the foot of Mount Hermon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. As of it had a population of .
History
Kibbutz Dan was ...
, a kibbutz
* Dan, subdistrict of
Kap Choeng District, Thailand
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Dan, West Virginia
Dan is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cla ...
, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Dan River (disambiguation) Dan River may refer to:
* Dan River
* Dan River (China)
* Dan River (Israel)
Other
* Little Dan River
* Browns Dan River
* Dan Hole River
The Dan Hole River is a river in the town of Ossipee in eastern New Hampshire in the United States. It ...
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Danzhou
Danzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. Although called a "city", Danzhou administers a large area which was called Dan County or Danxian () until 1993. The administrative seat and urban ...
, formerly Dan County, China
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Gush Dan
Gush Dan ( he, גּוּשׁ דָּן, ''lit.'' "Dan bloc") or Tel Aviv metropolitan area ( he, מֶטְרוֹפּוֹלִין תֵּל אָבִיב) is a conurbation in Israel, located along the country's Mediterranean coastline. There is no sing ...
, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel
Organizations
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Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom
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Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel
*Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel
*Dan the Tire Man, a tire company in the United States
*Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), a defunct, controversial program of the Autism Research Institute
*Direct Action Network (DAN), a confederation of anarchist and anti-authoritarian affinity groups, collectives, and organizations
*Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN), a former disability rights campaign in the UK
*Divers Alert Network (DAN), a non-profit organization for Scuba diving
Science
* daN (decanewton), unit of force—see newton (unit), newton
* DAN (protein), a family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors
* Dorsal attention network (DAN), a sensory orienting system in the brain
* Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN), a scientific instrument on board the ''Curiosity'' rover
Other
* ''Dan'', a 1914 film starring Lois Meredith
* Dan (Chinese opera), a female role in Chinese opera
* Dan (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign
* Dan (newspaper), ''Dan'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Montenegro
* Dan (rank) in Japanese, Chinese and Korean martial arts, go, and shogi
* English corruption of the title Dominus (title), Dominus
See also
* Daniel (disambiguation)
* Danny (disambiguation)
* List of people named Dan, people with the given name Dan
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