Dan
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceDan is a masculine name. It refers sometimes to the short form of the name Daniel.
- Dan (Biblical figure), one of the sons of Jacob
- Dan (king), the name of one or more legendary Danish kings
- Dan (Chinese opera), a female role in Beijing opera
- DAN (protein) family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors
- Dan (newspaper), daily newspaper published in Montenegro
- Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
- Dan rank in Japanese, Chinese and Korean fine and martial arts.
- DJ Dan, an electronic music artist who uses the singular name "Dan"
Organizations which may be referred to as Dan or DAN include:
- Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel
- Divers Alert Network, a non-profit organization for Scuba diving
- Dorsal attention network, a sensory orienting system in the brain
Persons with the surname Dan include:
- Fedor Dan, Russian Marxist revolutionary
Fictional characters named Dan include:
- Dan Hibiki, from the Street Fighter video game series.
- Dan (aka TriceraRanger), from the Japanese television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.
Places which may be referred to as Dan include:
- Gush Dan, metropolitan area in central Israel
- Tel Dan, an archaeological site in Israel
- Dan (biblical city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan
- Dan (kibbutz), a Kibbutz in northern Israel
See also
- Daniel (disambiguation)
- daN (decanewton), unit of force - see newton, kilogram-force
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