Lan or LAN may also refer to:
Science and technology
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Local asymptotic normality In statistics, local asymptotic normality is a property of a sequence of statistical models, which allows this sequence to be asymptotically approximated by a normal location model, after a rescaling of the parameter. An important example when t ...
, a fundamental property of regular models in statistics
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Longitude of the ascending node
The longitude of the ascending node (☊ or Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a specified reference direction, called the ''origin of longitude'', to the direction of the asce ...
, one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space
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Łan
Łan (in English ''lan''; in Latin ''laneus'', in German ''Lahn''), is an old unit of field measurement used in Poland. Since the 13th century, its value has varied from one location to another. A ''greater łan'' (also Franconian, King's, Old P ...
, unit of measurement in Poland
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Local area network
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger ...
, a computer network that interconnects within a limited area such as one or more buildings
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Lan blood group system
The Lan blood group system (short for Langereis) is a human blood group defined by the presence or absence of the Lan antigen on a person's red blood cells. More than 99.9% of people are positive for the Lan antigen. Individuals with the rare Lan- ...
, a human blood group
Places
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Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
(Chapman code), England
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Lancaster railway station Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
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(National Rail station code), England
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Capital Region International Airport
Capital Region International Airport , formerly Lansing Capital City Airport, is a public, Class C airport located northwest of downtown Lansing in a portion of DeWitt Township, Michigan that has been annexed to the City of Lansing via Pub ...
(IATA airport code), Lansing, Michigan, US
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Lan County
Lan County or Lanxian is a county under the administration of Lüliang City, in west-central Shanxi province, China.
History
Lanxian was formerly the seat of Lan Prefecture Lanzhou or Lan Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial ...
, Shanxi, China
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Łan, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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Lan (river)
The Lan ( be, Лань) is a river in Belarus, approximately long. It is a left tributary of the Pripyat
Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, l ...
, Belarus
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Llan (placename)
Llan () and its variants ( br, lan; kw, lann; xpi, lhan; Irish and gd, lann) are a common element of Celtic placenames in the British Isles and Brittany, especially of Welsh toponymy. In Welsh an (often mutated) name of a local saint or a g ...
, a placename element known in Breton as ''lan''
Airlines
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LAN Airlines
LATAM Airlines Chile (formerly LAN Airlines and LAN-Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile, one of the founders of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. The main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez International ...
, former name of LATAM Chile, an airline in Chile, with a stake in other airlines:
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LAN Peru
Lan or LAN may also refer to:
Science and technology
* Local asymptotic normality, a fundamental property of regular models in statistics
* Longitude of the ascending node, one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in sp ...
, an airline based in Peru
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LAN Ecuador
Aerolane Líneas Aéreas Nacionales del Ecuador S.A. d/b/a LATAM Airlines Ecuador (formerly LAN Ecuador) is a subsidiary of LATAM Airlines Group, based in Quito, Ecuador. It is owned by Translloyd (55%) and LAN Airlines (45%).
History
LATAM Ec ...
, an airline based in Quito, Ecuador
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LAN Argentina
Lan or LAN may also refer to:
Science and technology
* Local asymptotic normality, a fundamental property of regular models in statistics
* Longitude of the ascending node, one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in spa ...
, a defunct Argentine airline
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LAN Dominicana
LAN Dominicana (formerly and legally ''Líneas Aéreas Nacionales de Navegación Dominicana S.A.'') was an airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that operated international services."Directory:World airlines." ''Flight International'' ...
, a defunct Dominican airline
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LAN Colombia
Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: ''AIRES'', lit. ''airs''), d/b/a LATAM Airlines Colombia (formerly known as LAN Colombia) is a Colombian airline. It is the second-largest air carrier in Colombia after Avianca. It operates sche ...
, an airline based in Bogotá, Colombia
Arts
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''Lan'' (film), a 2009 Chinese film
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Lan Mandragoran
This article serves as an index of major characters in the fictional setting of Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series, with a description of their main roles or feats in the series. ''The Wheel of Time'' has 2787 distinct named characters. ...
, a fictional character from Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series
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Lan Hikari
Since the debut of the first '' Mega Man'' video game in 1987, numerous characters have been introduced into the series.
Overview
Key:
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* A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the prop ...
, protagonist of the ''Mega Man: Battle Network'' series of video games and animated television shows
People
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Lan (surname 蓝)
Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Lam or Nam in Cantonese.
Lan is listed 131st in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred F ...
, a Chinese surname
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Lan (surname 兰)
Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. As of 2008, it is the 154th most common surname in China, shared by 840,000 people. Lan 蘭 is not listed ...
, a Chinese surname
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Lan (given name) Lan is a personal name, frequently used in Chinese and Vietnamese contexts as a feminine given name, which means "orchid."
In Vietnamese, "Lân" with the accent denotes a masculine given name, which refers to Kỳ Lân, a mythical creature that a ...
, a given name (including a list of people with the name)
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Lan (tribe)
The Lan () tribe was one of the five member tribes of the old Xiongnu people who lived during the Han Dynasty in Northern Wei.
History
The Xiongnu people had five tribes: Luandi, Xubu, Huyan, Lan, and Qiulin. According to the Chinese assimilation ...
, ethnic group in Han dynasty China
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David Lan
David Lan is a South African-born British playwright, theatre producer and director and a social anthropologist.
Career
Born in Cape Town, he trained as an actor and gained a BA at the University of Cape Town. He has lived in London since 197 ...
(born 1952), South African-born British playwright
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Donald Lan
Donald Paul Lan Sr. (December 19, 1930 – April 29, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1977 to 1982. He was appointed to the post by Governor Brendan Byrne. Lan has been the Un ...
(1930–2019), American politician
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Phạm Chi Lan
Phạm Chi Lan is a Vietnamese economist. She specialises in economic policy reforms and Vietnam's international integration process.
Biography
Lan graduated from the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1966. She started her career ...
, Vietnamese economist
Other uses
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Län
Län (Swedish, ), lääni (Finnish, ) and len (Norwegian, ) refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland and Norway. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010. In Norway, the term was in use betw ...
, administrative division used in Sweden and until 2009 in Finland
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Lan (tribe)
The Lan () tribe was one of the five member tribes of the old Xiongnu people who lived during the Han Dynasty in Northern Wei.
History
The Xiongnu people had five tribes: Luandi, Xubu, Huyan, Lan, and Qiulin. According to the Chinese assimilation ...
, a tribe of Eastern Huns
* ''Lan'', a
Cantonese profanity
The five most common Cantonese profanities, vulgar words in the Cantonese language are '' diu'' (/), ''gau'' (//), ''lan'' (/), ''tsat'' (//) and ''hai'' (/), where the first literally means '' fuck'', "Diu" (or Jiu) is literally the word for fuck ...
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Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
LEO A DALY, established by Leo A. Daly, Sr. in 1915, is an American architecture, planning, engineering, interior design and program management firm. The firm's portfolio includes projects in 91 countries, all 50 U.S. states and the District of C ...
, an American civil engineering company
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Typhoon Lan
Typhoon Lan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Paolo, was the third-most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017. A very large storm, Lan was the twenty-first tropical storm and ninth typhoon of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season, annual typhoo ...
, a tropical cyclone of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season
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Lymphadenopathy
Lymphadenopathy or adenopathy is a disease of the lymph nodes, in which they are abnormal in size or consistency. Lymphadenopathy of an inflammatory type (the most common type) is lymphadenitis, producing swollen or enlarged lymph nodes. In cli ...
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LAN party
A LAN party is a gathering of people with personal computers or compatible game consoles, where a local area network (LAN) connection is established between the devices using a router or switch, primarily for the purpose of playing multiplaye ...
, a social happening on a local area network e.g multiplayer games.
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Lans (disambiguation)
Lans or LANS may refer to:
Places
* Lans, Tyrol, a municipality in Tyrol, Austria
* Lake Lans, a lake near Lans, Tyrol
France
* Lans, Saône-et-Loire
* Lans-en-Vercors, a community near Grenoble in the Vercors
* Villard-de-Lans, a community and s ...
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Ian
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...
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Llan (disambiguation) Llan may be:
* Llan (placename), a Celtic morpheme, or element, common in British placenames
** A short form for any placename .
* Llan, Powys, a Welsh village near Llanbrynmair
* Llan the Sorcerer
La Lunatica
Lacuna
Lady Bullseye
Lady Dea ...
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