Dan or DAN may refer to:

People

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 ...

, including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark *

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 ...

, an ethnic group located in West Africa **

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. Dan is a tonal language, with around 9-11 contour and re ...

, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia *

Dan (son of Jacob) According to the Book of Genesis, Dan ( he, דָּן, ''Dān'', "judgment" or "he judged") was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob's fifth son). His mother, Bilhah, was Rachel's handmaid, who becomes one of Jacob's concubine ...

, one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible **

Tribe of Dan The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land, later moving northwards. Biblical narrative In ...

, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan * Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China

Places

Dan (ancient city) Dan ( he, דן) is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan. The city is identified with a tell located in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, known ...

, the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan *

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 f ...

, a kibbutz * Dan, subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand *

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 * Dan River (disambiguation) *

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 urba ...

, formerly Dan County, China *

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 sin ...

, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel

Organizations

Dan-Air Dan-Air (Dan Air Services Limited) was an airline based in the United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of London shipbroking firm Davies and Newman. It was started in 1953 with a single aircraft. Initially, it operated cargo and passen ...

, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom *

Dan Bus Company Dan Bus Company ( he, דן חברה לתחבורה ציבורית) is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan) as well as some intercity bus services between the Gush Da ...

, a public transport company in Israel * Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel *

Dan the Tire Man 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'Iv ...

, 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 The Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN) is a disability rights activist organization in England and Wales that campaigned for civil rights with high-profile street demonstrations involving civil disobedience, rallies and protests. Prio ...

(DAN), a former disability rights campaign in the UK *

Divers Alert Network Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a group of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to improving diving safety for all divers. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina, United States, in 1980 at Duke University providing 24/7 telephonic hot-line di ...

(DAN), a non-profit organization for Scuba diving

Science

* daN (decanewton), unit of force—see newton *

DAN (protein) Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN), also known as polyadenylate-specific ribonuclease or deadenylating nuclease (DAN), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''PARN'' gene. Function Exonucleolytic degradation of the poly(A) tail is o ...

, a family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors *

Dorsal attention network The dorsal attention network (DAN), also known anatomically as the dorsal frontoparietal network (D-FPN), is a large-scale brain network of the human brain that is primarily composed of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and frontal eye fields (F ...

(DAN), a sensory orienting system in the brain *

Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument is an experiment mounted on the Mars Science Laboratory ''Curiosity'' rover. It is a pulsed sealed-tube neutron source and detector used to measure hydrogen or ice and water at or near the Marti ...

(DAN), a scientific instrument on board the ''Curiosity'' rover

Other

* ''Dan'', a 1914 film starring

Lois Meredith Lois Meredith (alternative styling Loïs Mérédith) (June 26, 1897 – January 15, 1967) was a silent film and theatre actress. Career She infrequently appeared on the Broadway stage from 1911 to 1926. Meredith appeared in 22 films, of which 21 ...

Dan (Chinese opera) ''Dan'' is the general name for female roles in Chinese opera, often referring to leading roles. They may be played by male or female actors. In the early years of Peking opera, all roles were played by men, but this practice is no longer common ...

, a female role in Chinese opera *

Dan (cuneiform) The cuneiform ''dan'' sign is a multi-use sign found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Besides dan, (and tan), the following are its uses (from Epic of Gilgamesh): :dan :kal :lab :lap :lép :líb :líp :re ...

, a cuneiform sign * ''Dan'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Montenegro *

Dan (rank) The ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial art organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was ...

in Japanese, Chinese and Korean martial arts, go, and shogi * English corruption of the title Dominus

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