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Businesses and organisations

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Black and Tans Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have ...
, 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 ...
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British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
people in general, especially disparagingly. *
TAN Books TAN Books is a traditionalist Catholic American book distributor and publisher. History TAN Books was founded in 1967, as "TAN Books and Publishers," in Rockford, Illinois by Thomas A. Nelson (not to be confused with the founder of the Bible-pub ...
, a Catholic publishing company *
FC Rubin-TAN Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...
, a Russian professional ice hockey club in Kazan in 1991-94 * Transportes Aereos Nacionales, an airline based in Honduras known as TAN Airlines


People

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Tan (surname) Tan is a common Chinese surname wikt:譚, 譚.''Chi ...
(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 Broca's area, or the Broca area (, also , ), is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere, usually the left, of the brain with functions linked to speech production. Language processing has been linked to Broca's area since Pierre ...
, nicknamed Tan, a patient of Paul Broca's, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area *
TAN (musician) Tan Yang Peng, professionally known as TAN (born November 26, 1990) is a Malaysian pop singer and songwriter from Penang, Malaysia. Early life In 2001, Tan was the season one Top 8 finalist of Astro reality competition “Astro Kids Talent Que ...
(born 1990), Malaysian pop singer *
Tan Sağtürk Tan Sağtürk () (born 14 July 1969) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer. He is of Circassian descent. A graduate of Ballet Department of Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Sağtürk is a soloist danc ...
(born 1969), Turkish ballet


Places


China

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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) The Tai'an railway station () is a high-speed railway station in Daiyue District, Tai'an, Shandong, People's Republic of China. It is served by the Jinghu High-Speed Railway Jinghu may refer to: * Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed s ...
, China Railway pinyin code TAN


Vietnam

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Tân An, Bắc Giang 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 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 Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are botanic gardens across two sites–Melbourne and Cranbourne. Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a new botanic garden. It extends across ...
, 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

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Tan (color) Tan is a pale tone of brown. The name is derived from tannum (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather. The first recorded use of ''tan'' as a color name in English was in the year 1590. Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymou ...
, 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 ...
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Ti-6Al-7Nb Ti-6Al-7Nb (UNS designation R56700) is an alpha-beta titanium alloy first synthesized in 1977 containing 6% aluminum and 7% niobium. It features high strength and has similar properties as the cytotoxic vanadium containing alloy Ti-6Al-4V. Ti-6Al-7N ...
, 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

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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 Sun tanning or tanning is the process whereby skin color is darkened or tanned. It is most often a result of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight or from artificial sources, such as a tanning lamp found in indoor tanning beds. ...
, the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light **
Sunless tanning Sunless tanning, also known as UV filled tanning, self tanning, spray tanning (when applied topically), or fake tanning, refers to the effect of a suntan without exposure to the Sun. Sunless tanning involves the use of oral agents (carotenids) ...
, 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

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-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 Ayran, doogh, dhallë, daw, xynogala or tan is a cold savory yogurt-based beverage popular across Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeastern Europe, North Asia and Eastern Europe. The principal ingredients are yogurt, water and salt. ...
(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


See also

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Dan (disambiguation) Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
(Tan is the older romanization of Dan in Chinese) * Tannin (disambiguation) * Tanning (disambiguation) * TANS (disambiguation) * Tanzhou (disambiguation), a Chinese placename originally meaning "Tan District" and now meaning "Tan City" {{disambiguation