Yakan may refer to: *

Yakan people The Yakan people are among the major indigenous Filipino ethnolinguistic groups in the Sulu Archipelago. Having a significant number of followers of Islam, it is considered one of the 13 Moro groups in the Philippines. The Yakans mainly resid ...

, a community of the Philippines *

Yakan language Yakan is an Austronesian language primarily spoken on Basilan Island in the Philippines. It is the native language of the Yakan people, the indigenous as well as the largest ethnic group on the island. It has a total of 110,000 native speakers ...

, a language of the Philippines *

Cape Yakan Cape Yakan (russian: Мыс Якан – ''Mys Yakan'') is a headland on the northern coast of Chukotka, Russian Federation. This conspicuous cape, whose name in the Chukchi language means "use", was mentioned by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in his ...

, in Russia

People with the name

* Adly Yakan Pasha (1864–1933), Egyptian politician *

Fathi Yakan Fathi Yakan (born Fathi Mohamed Anaya ( ar, فتحي محمد عناية), February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He was born in Tripoli. Life He was among the pionee ...

(1933–2009), Lebanese cleric and politician *

Hesham Yakan Hesham Yakan Zaki ( ar, هشام يكن; born 10 August 1962) is a retired Egyptian football player. He is the son of football player Yaken Zaki. He was born in Cairo. Yakan played defender for Zamalek and the Egypt national football team. He ...

(born 1962), Egyptian football player * Ibrahim Yakan (1900–?), Egyptian football player *

Tuba Yakan Tuba Yenen Yakan (born Yenen on January 8, 1991) is a European champion Turkish female karateka competing in the kumite 55 kg division. She is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK. Born Tuba Yenen on January 8, 1991, she is married to nation ...

(born 1991), Turkish martial artist

People with the name

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