Tartan Tartan ( gd, breacan ) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Sc ...

is a pattern of textile also known as ''plaid'' (especially in North American English), often associated with Scotland. Tartan may also refer to: * Tartan, a metonym standing in for ' Scottish' (as in "tartan politics", "tartan television", "tartan humour", etc.) *

Tartan (Assyrian) "Turtanu" or "Turtan" (Akkadian: 𒌉𒋫𒉡 ''tur-ta-nu''; he, תַּרְתָּן ''tartān''; el, Θαρθαν; la, Tharthan; arc, ܬܵܪܬܵܢ ''tartan'') is an Akkadian word/title meaning 'commander in chief' or 'prime minister'. In Assyri ...

, the Assyrian term for a military commander-in-chief * Tartan,

tartane A tartane (also tartan, tartana) was a small ship used both as a fishing ship and for coastal trading in the Mediterranean. They were in use for over 300 years until the late 19th century. A tartane had a single mast on which was rigged a large la ...

, or tartana, a type of ship * Tartans, students and sports teams of Carnegie Mellon University * ''The Tartan'' (Carnegie Mellon University), a student newspaper * ''The Tartan'' (Radford University), a student newspaper * The Tartans, a Jamaican reggae band * FBgn0010452 also known as tartan, trn, or CG11280, a gene partly responsible for eye development in ''

Drosophila melanogaster ''Drosophila melanogaster'' is a species of fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit fly or lesser fruit fly, or less commonly the " vinegar fly" or "pomace fly". Starting with ...

'' fruit flies; capitalized ''Tartan'' or ''Trn'' refers to a protein controlled by this gene. *

Sillitoe tartan Sillitoe tartan is the nickname given to the distinctive black and white chequered pattern, correctly known as ''dicing'', which was originally associated with the police in Scotland. It later gained widespread use in the rest of the United Ki ...

, the chequered pattern (dicing, not actually a tartan) used often on police vehicles and headgear *

Tartan Army Tartan ( gd, breacan ) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Sc ...

, fans of Scotland's national football team *

Tartan Films Palisades Tartan is a British/American film distribution company, founded by US-based Palisades Media Group to take over the film library of film distributor Tartan Films after it folded in the summer of 2008. History Tartan Films, established i ...

, a US and UK film-distribution company *

Tartan Laboratories Tartan Laboratories, Inc., later renamed Tartan, Inc., was an American software company founded in 1981 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that specialized in programming language compilers, especially for the language Ada. It was based on wor ...

, an American software company later known as Tartan, Inc. * Tartan Marine, a boat building company * Tartan Noir, a form of crime fiction particular to Scotland and Scottish writers *

Tartan Senior High School Tartan Senior High School is a public secondary school in Oakdale, Minnesota, United States. It is a member of Independent School District 622. Since its opening in 1971, Tartan has grown to more than 1,800 students supported by 120-plus teachers ...

, in Oakdale, Minnesota *

Tartan Track Tartan Track is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. It lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss and improves their resu ...

, a synthetic track surface for athletics, manufactured by 3M * Tartan Turf, an artificial grass for sports, manufactured by 3M

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