Tan or TAN may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Tan'', an album by the Polish rock band Kult * TAN (group), South Korean boy band * ''Tan'' (newspaper), a newspaper in Turkey * ''Tan'' (weekly newspaper), a newspaper in Kosovo

Businesses and organisations

* TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company * FC Rubin-TAN Kazan, a Russian professional ice hockey club in Kazan in 1991-94 * Transportes Aéreos Nacionales or TAN Airlines, an airline based in Honduras * Semitan or TAN, operates public transport in Nantes, France

People

* Tan (surname) (譚), a Chinese surname *

Chen (surname) Chen () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...

(陳), a Chinese surname, pronounced "Tan" in Min Nan languages * Laozi, posthumous name "Tan" or "Dān" (聃), philosopher of ancient China * Leborgne, nicknamed Tan, a patient of Paul Broca's, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area * TAN (musician) (born 1990), Malaysian pop singer * Tan Sağtürk (born 1969), Turkish ballet dancer * Tan France (born 1983), British-American fashion designer

Places

China

* Tan (state), an ancient viscountcy in eastern Shandong Province, China * Tai'an railway station (Shandong), China Railway pinyin code TAN

Vietnam

Tân An, Bắc Giang Tân An is a township (''thị trấn'') of Yên Dũng District, Bắc Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, w ...

, a northeastern commune and village * Tân An, the capital city of Long An Province, Mekong Delta * Tân An province, a former province of South Vietnam

Elsewhere

* Tan Track or "The Tan", a running track in Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia *

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

(IOC and FIFA trigram: TAN), a country * Taunton Municipal Airport (IATA airport code: TAN), Massachusetts, US

Science and technology

* Tan (color), a pale shade of brown * Tanning (leather), the process of making leather from hides * Tan (function), a trigonometric function * Ti-6Al-7Nb, a titanium alloy containing aluminum and niobium * Total acid number (TAN), the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity * Transaction authentication number (TAN), in electronic banking

Biology

* Tan (goat pattern), a goat color pattern *

Tanbark Tanbark is the Bark (botany), bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for Tanning (leather), tanning Hide (skin), hides into leather. The words "tannin", "Tanning (leather), tanning", "Tan (color), tan," and "Tawny (color), tawny" a ...

or tan, the bark of certain species of tree * Sun tanning, the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light ** Sunless tanning, the darkening of skin without ultraviolet light * Tropical ataxic neuropathy

Other uses

* -tan, a Japanese honorific * Tahn (Armenian ''tʻan''), a yoghurt-based drink from the Middle East * Tanfana or Tan, an ancient European goddess * Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN), an Indian tax code