Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
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Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
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Dan (king)
Dan (or Halfdan) is the name of one or more legendary earliest kings of the Danes and Denmark, mentioned in medieval Scandinavian texts.
The ''Lejre Chronicle''
The ''Chronicle of Lejre'' (''Chronicon Lethrense'') written about 1170 introduces a ...
, 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 an ...
, 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. Dan is a tonal language, with around 9-11 contour and ...
, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
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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 concubines ...
, one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible
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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 th ...
, 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)
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
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Dan, Israel, a kibbutz
* Dan, subdistrict of
Kap Choeng District, Thailand
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Dan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Dan River (disambiguation)
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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
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 passenger ...
, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom
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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
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Dan Hotels
Dan Hotels is a chain of Israeli luxury hotels established in 1947. The chain owns 18 hotels with 3,669 rooms, a convention center and a hotel training center, as well as a 226-room hotel in Bangalore, India.
History
In June 1947, Yekutiel an ...
, a hotel chain in Israel
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Dan the Tire Man, a tire company in the United States
*Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), a defunct, controversial program of the
Autism Research Institute
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Direct Action Network (DAN), a confederation of anarchist and anti-authoritarian affinity groups, collectives, and organizations
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Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN), a former disability rights campaign in the UK
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Divers Alert Network (DAN), a non-profit organization for Scuba diving
Science
* daN (decanewton), unit of force—see
newton
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DAN (protein), a family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors
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Dorsal attention network (DAN), a sensory orienting system in the brain
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Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN), a scientific instrument on board the ''Curiosity'' rover
Other
* ''Dan'', a 1914 film starring
Lois Meredith
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Dan (Chinese opera), a female role in Chinese opera
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Dan (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign
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''Dan'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Montenegro
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Dan (rank) in Japanese, Chinese and Korean martial arts, go, and shogi
* English corruption of the title
Dominus
Dominus or domini may refer to:
* Dominus (title), a title of sovereignty, clergy and other uses
Art, entertainment, and media
* Dominus (band), a Danish death metal band
* Dominus (DC Comics), an alien character in DC Comics
* Dominus (Mar ...
See also
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Daniel (disambiguation)
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname.
Daniel may also refer to:
*Daniel (biblical figure)
*Book of Daniel, a 2nd-century BCE biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel"
* Daniel (angel), a fallen angel
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Danny (disambiguation)
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List of people named Dan, people with the given name Dan
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