Kan or KAN may refer to:

Places

* Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia *

Kan District Kan District ( fa, بخش کن) is a district (bakhsh) in Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 63,514, in 15,837 families. The District has no cities. The District has one rural district Rural districts w ...

of Iran *

Kan, Kyrgyzstan Kan ( ky, Кан) is a village in the Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Batken District. It is a mountain village on the upper course of the river Sokh (river), Sokh. Nearby towns and villages include Gaz, Kyrgyzstan, Gaz (), Zardaly a ...

, a village in Batken Region * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code * Kannapolis (Amtrak station), North Carolina, US, station code * Kansas, a U.S. state

People

Kan (surname) Kan is a surname of multiple origins. Origins As a Chinese surname, Kan may be a spelling of the pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese of the following surnames, listed based on their Pinyin spelling (which reflects the Mandarin Chinese ...

, including a list of people with the surname * One of the Bacabs of Mayan mythology *

Kan (musician) , known by his stage name Kan (commonly stylized as KAN), is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 1983, he joined his first band, which was called Annette, before going solo in 1984. Kan wrote the background music for a 1986 film directed by Nobuhik ...

, Japanese singer-songwriter * Kan Shimozawa (1892–1968), Japanese novelist * Kan Otake (born 1983), Japanese professional baseball player

Music

* "Kan" (song), Israeli Eurovision song in 1991 * KAN, UK folk supergroup with Brian Finnegan and Aidan O'Rourke

In science and technology

* ''kan'', PDP ligand,

kanamycin A Kanamycin A, often referred to simply as kanamycin, is an antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis. It is not a first line treatment. It is used by mouth, injection into a vein, or injection into a muscle. Kanamyci ...

* Iwasawa decomposition of a Lie group in mathematics

Weights and measures

* A Japanese unit of mass () * Kan, a Korean unit of length

Other uses

* Kan language (disambiguation), several languages * Club of Committed Non-Party Members (KAN), Czech Republic * Variation of the

Sicilian Defence The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: :1. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4, e4 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5, c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. Ope ...

in chess * Kan ( he, כאן, lit=Here), the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation * A

string String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...