Soran may refer to:

Places

Soran Emirate Soran Emirate () was a medieval Kurdish emirate established before the conquest of Kurdistan by Ottoman Empire in 1514 and later revived by Emir Kor centered in Rawandiz from 1816 to 1836. Kor was ousted in an offensive by the Ottomans. Early ye ...

, a Kurdish principality *

Soran District Soran (, ) is a district and an independent administration of the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, in Iraq, bordering Iran and Turkey. Its main city is Soran. Soran District is similar to a county, and the seat of government is in Diana, h ...

, a region within the Kurdish Autonomous Region in northern Iraq **

Soran, Iraq Soran () or Diyana (, ) is a city in Erbil Governorate, and the capital of Soran District in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Soran is one of the largest cities in Kurdistan Region with a population of about 350,000 people. History The city and distric ...

, a seat of the district government *

Sawran, Syria Sawran (), also spelled Suran, Souran or Sawwaran, is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located north of the city of Aleppo, it is the administrative centre of Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate, Nahiya Sawran in Azaz Di ...

, a town in Syria near Aleppo

Fictional characters

Setsuna F. Seiei , whose real name is , is a fictional character introduced as the protagonist of Sunrise (studio), Sunrise's anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''. Setsuna is a member of Celestial Being, an organization that aims to end all wars through the depl ...

(Soran Ibrahim), protagonist of the Japanese anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' * Tolian Soran, the main villain of the film ''

Star Trek Generations ''Star Trek Generations'' is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek (film series), ''Star Trek'' film series. Malcolm McDowell joins cast members from the 1960s television show ''Star Trek: The Original Ser ...

'' (1994)

Other

Soran (band) Soran () is a South Korean indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe ro ...

, a South Korean rock band *

Sōran Bushi is one of the most famous traditional songs and dance (''min'yō'') in Japan. It is a sea shanty that is said to have been first sung by the fishermen of Hokkaido. The commonly known version of the song and dance is called and was created in ...

, a traditional song and dance in Japan *

Soran clan Central Kurdish, also known as Sorani Kurdish, is a Kurdish language, Kurdish dialect or a language spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan Province, Kurdistan, Kermanshah province, Kermanshah, and West A ...

, a Kurdish clan * Soran Ebrahim, Kurdish actor in the film ''

Turtles Can Fly ''Turtles Can Fly'' (Kurdish: ''Kûsî jî dikarin bifirin'') is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, directed and co-produced by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahma ...

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