Duan may refer to:
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Duan (surname)
Duan ( zh, c=段, p=Duàn; ; vi, Đoàn) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be found in China, Vietnam and Korea.
Notable people
Mainland China
* Duan Sui (died 386), a ruler of the Xianbei state Western Yan
* Duan Ye (died ...
, a Chinese surname
** Duan dynasty, the ruling dynasty of the
Dali Kingdom
The Dali Kingdom, also known as the Dali State (; Bai: Dablit Guaif), was a state situated in modern Yunnan province, China from 937 until 1253. In 1253, it was conquered by the Mongols but members of its former ruling dynasty continued to a ...
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Duan tribe
The Duan () was a pre-state tribe of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
History
The reason the tribe adopted the Han Chinese surname Duan is unknown.
Duan Wuwuchen was given in 303 a hereditary title— the "Duke o ...
, pre-state tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China
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Duan language
Duan, Doan, or Halang Doan, is a language spoken by more than four thousand people on either side of the Laotian–Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country i ...
, spoken on the Laotian–Vietnamese border
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Duan, mark of level in Chinese martial arts
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Lê Duẩn
Lê Duẩn (; 7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1950s and became General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (VCP) at the 3rd Nat ...
, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1959 until his death in 1986, and leader of Vietnam from 1969 to 1986
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Du'an Yao Autonomous County
Du'an Yao Autonomous County ( zhuang: ,) is an autonomous county under the administration of Hechi City, in the northwest of Guangxi, China. It has an area of and a population of 625,100, including 596,100 that are of minority ethnic groups.
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, in Guangxi, China
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Zaiyi
Zaiyi (; Manchu: ; ''dzai-i''; 26 August 1856 – 10 January 1923),Edward J.M. Rhoads, ''Manchus & Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861–1928'', University of Washington Press, 2001 better k ...
, Prince Duan (1856-1922), Manchu prince and statesman during the late Qing dynasty
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Duan railway station
Duan railway station, in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Duan, India in Paschim Medinipur district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. Its trains run from Howrah station.
History
Duan railway station is situated in National High ...
, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal
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