Dan
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Dan is a name. It refers sometimes to the short form of the name Daniel
. Dan, or the acronym DAN may refer to the following:
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Daniel (name)
Daniel is a Hebrew masculine given name and a surname. It means, "God is my judge", and derives from two early Biblical figures, primary among them the Prophet Daniel.- Background :...
. Dan, or the acronym DAN may refer to the following:
Persons
- Fyodor Dan, a Russian Marxist revolutionary
- DJ DanDJ DanDJ Dan is an American electronic house music DJ and producer. Dan previously released works through the Moonshine label....
, an electronic music artist who uses the singular name "Dan" as his stage name - Dan (Bible), one of the sons of Jacob
Places
- Gush DanGush DanThe Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area , or Gush Dan , is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv and the Central Districts of Israel. The area is closely linked to the city of Tel Aviv through social, economic, and cultural ties. It is located along the Israeli Mediterranean coastline...
, metropolitan area in central Israel - Dan (ancient city)Dan (ancient city)Dan , is a city mentioned in the Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, belonging to the Tribe of Dan. The city is identified with the tel known as Tel Dan , or Tel el-Qadi in...
, the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan - Dan, Israel, a Kibbutz in northern Israel
- Dan RiverDan RiverThe Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It originates in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it goes back into Virginia. It reenters North Carolina near the...
, a river in North Carolina and Virginia, USA - Dan River (Israel)Dan River (Israel)The Dan River is the largest tributary of the Jordan river, whose source is located at the base of Mount Hermon. The river is so named after the Israelite city of Dan, which was captured by the Tribe of Dan during the Judges period. The tribe of Dan conquered the city, then named Laish and then...
, a tributary of the Jordan River - Dan River (China)Dan River (China)The Dan River , formerly known as the Dan Shui or 800 Li Black River , is a river located in Shaanxi province in the People’s Republic of China...
, a tributary of the Han River in Eastern China - Dan, a subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand
Fictional characters
- Dan DareDan DareDan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories, that is, the Venus and Red Moon stories, and a complete storyline for Operation Saturn...
, a classic British science fiction comic hero - Desperate DanDesperate DanDesperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic The Dandy. He first appeared in its first issue, dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. Even his beard is so tough he has to shave with a blowtorch.-History:The strip was...
, regular in The Dandy since 1937 - Dan HibikiDan Hibikiis a video game character from Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha, Dan is consistently portrayed as an arrogant, overconfident, yet utterly feeble character.-Concept and creation:...
, a character from the Street Fighter series. - Dan Moroboshi, the alter-ego of Ultra SevenUltra Sevenis tokusatsu SF TV series that aired on Japanese TV in 1967. Created by Eiji Tsuburaya, this follow up to Ultraman went on to become one of Japan's greatest fantasy TV series...
from the 1967 namesake tokusatsu
Organizations
- Dan-AirDan-AirDan-Air was a leading private, independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline based in the United Kingdom....
, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom - Dan Bus CompanyDan Bus CompanyDan Bus Company is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area as well as some intercity bus services between the Gush Dan area and nearby regions such as Samaria, and a connection between Bne Brak and Jerusalem. Dan operates 1,200...
, a public transport company in Israel - Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!), an organization concerned with autism
- Divers Alert NetworkDivers Alert NetworkThe Divers Alert Network is a non-profit 501 organization devoted to assisting divers in need. The Research department conducts significant medical research on recreational scuba diving safety...
, a non-profit organization for Scuba diving - Direct Action NetworkDirect Action NetworkDirect Action Network was a confederation of anarchist and anti-authoritarian affinity groups, collectives, and organizations that was formed to coordinate the direct action portion of anti-WTO mobilization in Seattle in 1999....
, a confederation of anarchist and anti-authoritarian affinity groups, collectives, and organizations - Dan HotelsDan HotelsDan Hotels is a chain of Israeli luxury hotels established in 1947. The chain owns 14 hotels with 3,669 rooms, a convention center and a hotel training center. -History:...
, a hotel chain in Israel
Other
- Dan, a 1914 film starring Lois MeredithLois MeredithLois Meredith was a silent film and theatre actress.-Career:...
- Dan (Chinese opera)Dan (Chinese opera)Dan is the general name for female roles in Chinese opera, often referring to leading roles. There are a few different kinds of dan in Chinese opera. The commonly seen ones are 'Guimen Dan', 'Hua Dan', 'Daoma Dan', 'Wu Dan', 'Lao Dan' and 'Cai Dan'...
, a female role in Beijing opera - DAN (protein), a family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors
- Dan (newspaper)Dan (newspaper)Dan is a daily newspaper published in Montenegro. Its first issue appeared on December 31, 1998. It took its name from the old day Cetinje monthly newspaper that was published in the old Montenegrin state at the beginning of the 20th century...
, a daily newspaper published in Montenegro - Dan languageDan languageDan is a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia . There is also a population of about 800 speakers in Guinea. Dan is a tonal language, with three main tones and two glide/contour tones....
, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia - Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
- Dan (rank)Dan (rank)The ranking system is a Japanese mark of level, which is used in modern fine arts and martial arts. Originally invented in a Go school in the Edo period, this system was applied to martial arts by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo and later introduced to other East Asia countries.In the modern...
in Japanese, Chinese and Korean fine and martial arts and Go - Dorsal attention networkDorsal attention networkThe dorsal attention network is one of two sensory orienting systems in the human brain, the other being the ventral attention network. It is involved in voluntary orienting and shows activity increases after presentation of cues indicating where, when, or to what subjects should direct their...
, a sensory orienting system in the brain - Tribe of DanTribe of DanThe Tribe of Dan, also sometimes spelled as "Dann", was one of the Tribes of Israel. Though known mostly from biblical sources, they were possibly descendants of the Denyen Sea Peoples who joined with Hebrews...
, one of the Tribes of Israel
See also
- Daniel (disambiguation)Daniel (disambiguation)Daniel refers to two Biblical figures.*The central character of the Book of Daniel, traditionally believed to be also its author.*Another Daniel is mentioned in Ezekiel 14:4-20 and 28:3...
- daN (decanewton), unit of force—see newton, kilogram-forceKilogram-forceA kilogram-force , or kilopond , is a gravitational metric unit of force. It is equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in a gravitational field...