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 i ...

, 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'Ivoire and Liberia * Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible ** Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan * Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China

Places

* Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan * Dan, Israel, 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) 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 ...

* Danzhou, formerly Dan County, China * Gush Dan, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel

Organizations

* Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom * Dan Bus Company, 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'Ivoir ...

, a tire company in the United States *Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), a defunct, controversial program of the

Autism Research Institute The Autism Research Institute (ARI) is an organization that created a controversial program, Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), in 1995. ARI was founded in 1967 by Bernard Rimland. Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) DAN! advocated for alternative medicine, alt ...

Direct Action Network Direct Action Network (DAN) was a North American confederation of anti-corporate, anti-authoritarian and anarchist affinity groups, collectives, and organizations. It grew out of the Seattle chapter which had been formed to coordinate the nonviol ...

(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 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 div ...

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

Science

* daN (decanewton), unit of force—see

newton Newton most commonly refers to: * Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist * Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton Newton may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film * 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 (FEF) ...

(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 Martian s ...

(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 2 ...

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 i ...

, 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 :reb ...

, 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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