Kayan may refer to:

Ethnography

Padaung language Padaung or Padaung Karen, also known as Kayan, is a Karen language of Burma, spoken by the Kayan people. Distribution * Pekhon, southern Shan State *northwestern Kayah State *Thandaung township, Kayin State *Pyinmana township, Mandalay Region ...

* Kayan people (Borneo) *

Kayan language (Borneo) Kayan (Kajan, Kayan proper) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo. It is a cluster of closely related dialects with limited mutual intelligibility, and is itself part of the Kayan-Murik group of Austronesian languages. Ba ...

, dialect cluster spoken in Borneo *

Kayan–Murik languages The Kayanic or Kayan–Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Morek Baram, Bahau, and related peoples. Languages The Kayanic languages are: *Kayan proper: Bahau, various languages called '' Kayan ...

, group of Austronesian languages that includes the Kayan dialect cluster

Geography

Kayan, Baghlan Kayan is a village in Baghlan Province in north eastern Afghanistan. It is located in the valley of Kayan, some 30 kilometres west of Dushi. The residents of Kayan valley are mostly members of Sadat and Hazara tribes. The Sayyids follow Shi´a ...

, town in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan *

Kayan, Armenia Kayan ( hy, Կայան) is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr ...

, town in Armenia *

Kayan, Iran Giyan ( fa, گيان, also Romanized as Gīyān; also known as Kīān, Qīān, and Qayān) is a city and capital of Giyan District, in Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ...

, city in Iran *

Kian Kian ( fa, كيان, translit=Kīān), also known as Shahr-e-Kian (), is a city in the Central District of Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 12,948. The city is populated by Turk ...

, Iran *

Kian, Isfahan Kian ( fa, كيان, also Romanized as Kīān) is a village in Qahab-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Pe ...

, Iran *

Kayan, Ergani Kayan is a village in the Ergani District of Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 ...

Other

Kayan (musician) Ambika Nayak, known professionally as Kayan, is an Indian musician, singer and disc jockey. Her stage name, Kayan, is derived from reversing her surname "Nayak". Additionally, she is also a part of the group Kimochi Youkai and the electronic music ...

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