Tan or TAN may refer to:

Businesses and organisations

* Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

or British people in general, especially disparagingly. * TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company * FC Rubin-TAN Kazan, a Russian professional ice hockey club in Kazan in 1991-94 * Transportes Aereos Nacionales, an airline based in Honduras known as TAN Airlines

People

* Tan (surname) (譚), a Chinese surname *

Chen (surname) Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...

(陳), a Chinese surname, pronounced "Tan" in Min Nan languages *

Laozi Laozi (), also known by numerous other names, was a semilegendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher. Laozi ( zh, ) is a Chinese honorific, generally translated as "the Old Master". Traditional accounts say he was born as in the state ...

, posthumous name "Tan" or "Dān" (聃), philosopher of ancient China * Leborgne, nicknamed Tan, a patient of Paul Broca's, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area * TAN (musician) (born 1990), Malaysian pop singer * Tan Sağtürk (born 1969), Turkish ballet

Places

China

Tan (state) Tan (; 1046–684 BCE) was an ancient state located in present-day Shandong Province, China. It is the first state reported to be "extinguished" during the Spring and Autumn period. Foundation In 1046 BCE, Zhou, the last king of the Shang Dynast ...

, an ancient viscountcy in eastern Shandong Province, China * Tai'an railway station (Shandong), China Railway pinyin code TAN

Vietnam

* Tân An, Bắc Giang Province, a northeastern commune and village *

Tân An, Long An Province Tan or TAN may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, es ...

, the capital city of Long An Province, Mekong Delta *

Tân An Province Tan or TAN may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, es ...

, a former province of South Vietnam

Elsewhere

* Tan Track, also known as "The Tan", a running track in Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia *

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

(IOC and FIFA trigram: TAN), a country *

Taunton Municipal Airport Taunton Municipal Airport , also known as King Field, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Taunton, Massachusetts, Taunton, a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol Count ...

(IATA airport code: TAN), in Taunton, Massachusetts, US

Science and technology

* Tan (color), a pale shade of brown *

Tanning (leather) Tanning is the process of treating Skinning, skins and Hide (skin), hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed. Tanning hide into leather involves a process which permanently alters the protein str ...

, the process of making leather from hides * Tangent (tan), one of the

trigonometric functions In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions, angle functions or goniometric functions) are real functions which relate an angle of a right-angled triangle to ratios of two side lengths. They are widely used in all ...

* Ti-6Al-7Nb, a titanium alloy containing aluminum and niobium *

Total acid number The total acid number (TAN) is a measurement of acidity that is determined by the amount of potassium hydroxide in milligrams that is needed to neutralize the acids in one gram of oil. It is an important quality measurement of crude oil. The TAN v ...

, or TAN, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity *

Transaction authentication number A transaction authentication number (TAN) is used by some online banking services as a form of ''single use'' one-time passwords (OTPs) to authorize financial transactions. TANs are a second layer of security above and beyond the traditional singl ...

or TAN, in electronic banking

Biology

Tan (goat pattern) The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

, a goat color pattern *

Tanbark Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for tanning hides into leather. The words "tannin", "tanning", "tan," and " tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin ''tannare'', "to convert into leather." Bark mills are ...

, or tan, the bark of certain species of tree * Sun tanning, the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light ** Sunless tanning, the darkening of skin without ultraviolet light *

Tropical ataxic neuropathy Tropical ataxic neuropathy (TAN, also known as Strachan-Scott Syndrome and prisoners of war neuropathy) is a disease or category of diseases that commonly causes disability and increases mortality. The causes of TAN are not understood; there is no ...

Other uses

-tan The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called , which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are a ...

, a Japanese honorific * ''Tan'', an album by the Polish rock band Kult *

TAN (group) TAN (; formerly ; acronym for To All Nations) is a South Korean boy group formed through the MBC survival competition show ''Extreme Debut: Wild Idol''. The group is composed of seven members: Changsun, Taehoon, Jiseong, Sunghyuk, Jaejun, Hyuny ...

, South Korean boy band * ''Tan'' (newspaper), a newspaper in Turkey * ''Tan'' (weekly newspaper), a newspaper in Kosovo *

Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence () or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-mil ...

, sometimes called the "Black and Tan war" or "Tan war" * Tahn (Armenian ''tʻan''), a yoghurt-based drink from the Middle East *

Tanfana In Germanic paganism, Tamfana is a goddess. The destruction of a temple dedicated to the goddess is recorded by Roman senator Tacitus to have occurred during a massacre of the Germanic Marsi by forces led by Roman general Germanicus. Scholars have a ...

, or Tan, an ancient European goddess *

Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number In India, a Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN) is a 10 digit alpha-numeric number issued by the Income Tax Department to the persons who are required to deduct or collect tax on payments made by them under the Indian Income Tax Act, ...

(TAN), an Indian tax code