Zan or ZAN, may refer to:

Geography

* Zhan, Kurdistan, Iran, also known as Zān *

Zhan, Lorestan Zhan ( fa, ژان, ; also Romanized as Zhān and Žān) is a village in Zhan Rural District, in the Central District of Dorud County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...

, Iran, also known as Žān *

Zan, Tehran Zan ( fa, زان, also Romanized as Zān) is a village in Jamabrud Rural District, in the Central District of Damavand County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a co ...

, a village in Tehran Province, Iran

Ethnicity and language

* Zans, the Zan People, people who speak the Zan languages *

Zan Gula language Zan Gula, or Zan, is an Adamawa language of Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north ...

, an Adamawa language of Chad * Zan language, a proposed collective term for the Megrelian and Laz languages in 7th Century Caucasus

People

* Zan, a soca singer winner of International Soca Monarch in Trinidad in 2006

Given name

* Zan Abeyratne, backing singer in ''Models'' *

Žan Benedičič Žan Benedičič (born 3 October 1995) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Celje. Benedičič has also represented the Slovenia national under-21 football team. Club career Milan After progressing through the yout ...

(born 1994) Slovenian soccer player *

Žan Celar Žan Celar (born 14 March 1999) is a Slovenian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FC Lugano, Lugano. Club career Celar made his Serie A debut for A.S. Roma, Roma on 11 March 2019 in a game ...

(born 1999) Slovenian soccer player *

Zan Ganassa Zan Ganassa (, ; – c. 1584) was the stage name of an early actor-manager of Commedia dell'arte, whose company was one of the first to tour outside Italy.Senelick 1995a, p. 409. Ganassa's real name was probably Alberto NaseliHartnoll 1983, "Ganass ...

(1540–1584) Italian actor * Zan Wesley Holmes Jr, U.S. minister *

Žan Jakše Žan Jakše is a Slovenian Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2015. He won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau. Wor ...

, Slovenian canoeist *

Žan Kranjec Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He is mainly competing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec won a silver medal in giant slalom. Career Kranj ...

(born 1992) Slovenian alpine skier *

Žan Marolt Žan Marolt (25 September 1964 – 11 July 2009) was a Bosnian actor and TV personality. He was a regular actor of the Chamber Theatre 55 where he made numerous roles in the theater, in plays such as ''Buba u uhu'', ''Umri muški'', ''Kidaj od svo ...

(1964–2009) Bosnia-Herzegovina actor *

Zan Perrion Zan Perrion is a Canadian author, motivational speaker, and pickup artist based in Bucharest, Romania. Perrion gives seminars and workshops about seduction and dating, through his company Alabaster Communications Inc. He was the author of the bo ...

, Canadian pickup artist, founder of the Ars Amorata philosophy * Zan Rowe (born 1978) Australian radio personality * Žan Tabak (born 1970) Canadian basketball player

Surname

* Alessandro Zan (born 1973) Italian politician * Gökhan Zan (born 1981) Turkish footballer *

Zinny J. Zan Zinny J. Zan (born Bo Stagman on January 18, 1964 and earlier known as Bosse Belsen) is a Swedish rock/ glam metal singer who is the former lead-singer for Shotgun Messiah and is currently the founder and frontman for Zan Clan and reunited Easy ...

of Zan Clan *

Zan (surname) Zan (昝) is a Chinese surname. It is romanized Tsan in Wade–Giles, or Zaan in Cantonese romanization. According to a 2013 study, it was the 391st most common name in China; it was shared by 87,000 people, or 0.007% of the population, with the pr ...

, Chinese surname (昝)

Fictional characters

* Zan, the eagle in Guardians of Ga'Hoole * Zan, the main character in the video game '' Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman'' * Zan, the male Wonder Twin in the American animated Hanna-Barbera TV series ''Super Friends'' * Zan Owlson, the female acting CEO of Glomgold Industries in the 2017 reboot of '' DuckTales'' * Zan Partizane, one of the characters in '' Kirby Star Allies''

Media

* ''Zan'' (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper * Zan TV, Afghan women's TV station

Music

* ''Zan'' (Shohreh Solati album), a critically acclaimed album by Shohreh Solati * "Zan", a 1999 song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on ''

Gauze Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave. In technical terms "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn keeping the weft firmly in place. ...

'' * "Zan", song by Gackt released as "Setsugekka (The End of Silence)"/"Zan" in 2009

Video games

* Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku * Zan II: Spirits

Other uses

* Zan (簪), the Chinese name for hairpins, called Kanzashi in Japan

Acronyms and codes

* Zanzibar, a part of Tanzania, East Africa *

Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (PAZA/ZAN) is located just outside the main gate of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson at 700 North Boniface Parkway in Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The Anchorage ARTCC is one of 2 ...

in Alaska (identifier) * Zantop International Airlines, United States (ICAO code)