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Dayan (surname) Dayan () is a Hebrew surname. It means a Jewish religious judge in a Beth din—a position conferring social prestige in a traditional Jewish community, and therefore one whose memory is likely to be retained as a family's surname even after the pa ...

, Hebrew surname **

Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan ( he, משה דיין; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) du ...

(1915–1981), Israeli military leader and politician

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Dayan Deerh Dayan may refer to: People * Dayan (surname), Hebrew surname ** Moshe Dayan (1915–1981), Israeli military leader and politician Given name * Dayan Deerh * Dayán Díaz (born 1989), Colombian professional baseball pitcher * Dayan Jayatil ...

* Dayán Díaz (born 1989), Colombian professional baseball pitcher *

Dayan Jayatilleka Dayan Jayatilleka ( si, දයාන් ජයතිලක; born 1956) is a leftist Sri Lankan academic, diplomat, writer and politician. Early life and family Jayatilleka was born in 1956. He is the son of Mervyn de Silva and Lakshmi Sylvia Fe ...

, (born 1956), leftist Sri Lankan academic, diplomat, writer and politician *

Dayan Khan Dayan Khan ( mn, Даян Хаан; Mongol script: ; ), born Batumöngke ( mn, Батмөнх; ), (1472–1517) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1479 to 1517. During his rule, he reunited the Mongols under Chinggisid supr ...

, Mongol ruler of Dayan *

Dayan Khan (Khoshut) Dayan Khan ( mn, dayan qaɣan, died 22 April 1668) was the second khan of the Khoshut Khanate and protector-king of Tibet, ruling from 1655 to 1668. He sat on the throne during the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, but did not ...

, ruler of the Khoshut Khanate * Dayan Rajapakse (born 1972), Sri Lankan physician, educator and businessman * Dayan Téllez (born 2002), Mexican football goalkeeper *

Dayán Viciedo Dayán Viciedo Pérez (born March 10, 1989) is a Cuban professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. Early life Viciedo ent ...

(born 1989), Cuban professional baseball infielder * Dayan van der Westhuizen (born 1994), South African rugby union player

Places

* Dayan, or

Old Town of Lijiang Dayan (), commonly called the Old Town of Lijiang () is the historical center of Lijiang City, in Yunnan, China. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The town has a history going back more than 1,000 years and was once a confluence for ...

, World Heritage Site in Yunnan, China * Dayan, in

Evenk Autonomous Banner Ewenki Autonomous Banner ( Evenki: ; Mongolian: , ''Eveŋki öbertegen jasaqu qosiɣu'', Эвэнк өөртөө засах хошуу; ) is an autonomous banner that lies on the border between northwestern Greater Khingan and Hulun Buir grass ...

, Inner Mongolia, China * Dayan,

Fenghua District Fenghua (; ) is a district of the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. The district and its administrative hinterlands has a population of over 480,000. Fenghua is most famous for being the hometown of former Presidents Chiang Kai-shek an ...

, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China *

Dayan Township Dayan may refer to: People * Dayan (surname), Hebrew surname ** Moshe Dayan (1915–1981), Israeli military leader and politician Given name * Dayan Deerh * Dayán Díaz (born 1989), Colombian professional baseball pitcher * Dayan Jayatill ...

, in

Jiangyou Jiangyou () is a Chinese county-level city located in Mianyang, Sichuan. The city proper is subdivided into four urban districts and has jurisdiction over 21 towns, and 19 rural townships. It is the hometown of Li Bai, a leading Tang Dynasty poe ...

, Sichuan, China *

Dayan, Iran Dayan ( fa, دايان, also Romanized as Dāyān) is a village in Keyvan Rural District, in the Central District (Khoda Afarin County), Central District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. According to 2006 census, its populat ...

, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Dayan Lake Dayan Lake ( mn, Даян нуур, zh, 达彥湖) is a lake located the district of Sagsai, in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. It is recognized by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area since 2009. It is located in t ...

, in Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia *

Dayan Town (disambiguation) Dayan Town may refer to: * Dayan or Old Town of Lijiang, World Heritage Site in Yunnan, China * Dayan Township, in Jiangyou, Sichuan, China * Dayan in Evenk Banner, Inner Mongolia, China * Dayan, Fenghua District Fenghua (; ) is a district of t ...

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Dayan (rabbinic judge) A beit din ( he, בית דין, Bet Din, house of judgment, , Ashkenazic: ''beis din'', plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel. Today, it ...

, Jewish religious judge in a Beth din *

Dayan (witch) Daayan, Ḍāin or Ḍāini is often mistakenly regarded as a rendering for a witch (human female practitioner of black magic) in Indian folklore, the term has been derived from the Sanskrit word '' dakini'', which refers to a female paranorma ...

, a witch or vengeful female spirit in Indian culture *

Northern Yuan dynasty The Northern Yuan () was a dynastic regime ruled by the Mongol Borjigin clan based in the Mongolian Plateau. It existed as a rump state after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 and lasted until its conquest by the Jurchen-led Later Jin ...

, also Dayan in Mongolian *

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

, Dayan in Mongolian * Dayan, a

Rubik's Cube The Rubik's Cube is a Three-dimensional space, 3-D combination puzzle originally invented in 1974 by Hungarians, Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik t ...

Company * ''Dayan'', the smaller drum of the

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