Chan may refer to:
Places
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Chan (commune), Cambodia
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Chan Lake, by
Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada
People
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Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田)
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Chan Caldwell (1920–2000), Canadian football coach
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Chan Gailey (born 1952), American football coach
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Chan Kai-kit
Tommy Chan Kai-kit (born 23 March 1950), born Chio Ho-cheong, is a Macanese businessman who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Following the revelation that Chan was th ...
(born 1952), Macanese businessman
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Chan Reec Madut Chan Reec Madut is a judge from South Sudan who is serving as Chief Justice of South Sudan
The Judiciary of Southern Sudan, or JOSS, is a constitutionally mandated government branch that oversees the court systems of South Sudan. The Chief Justi ...
, South Sudanese jurist
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Chan Romero (born 1941), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musicians
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Chan Santokhi (born 1959), President of Suriname and former chief of police
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Bang Chan (born 1997), member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids
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Heo Chan (born 1995), member of the South Korean boy band Victon
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Ta Chan, nom de guerre of Cambodian war criminal Mam Nai
Computing and media
*chan-, an abbreviation for channels in
Internet Relay Chat
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called '' channels'', but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat a ...
(IRC)
*chan, a common suffix for the title of an
imageboard
An imageboard is a type of Internet forum that focuses on the posting of images, often alongside text and discussion. The first imageboards were created in Japan as an extension of the textboard concept. These sites later inspired the creation of ...
CHAN
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African Nations Championship or ''Championnat d'Afrique des Nations'' (CHAN), an African football tournament
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CHAN-DT, a TV station in Vancouver, Canada
Other uses
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Chan Buddhism
Chan (; of ), from Sanskrit '' dhyāna'' (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and ...
(禅), a school of Mahayana Buddhism
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-''chan'', a Japanese suffix which expresses endearment
*Chan (), a form of
Thai poetry
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"Chans" (Kent song)
*Chan, the plant ''
Hyptis suaveolens'', a relative of mint also known as "pignut"
See also
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Chen (surname), pronounced in Cantonese as Chan (陳)
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Chung (surname)
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