Zan

Zan or ZAN, may refer to:

Geography

• Zhan, Kurdistan, Iran, also known as Zān
• Zhan, Lorestan, Iran, also known as Žān
• Zan, Tehran, a village in Tehran Province, Iran
• Zan, a town in Lebanon, also known as Zane

Ethnicity and language

• Zans, a subethnic group speaking the Zan languages
• Zan Gula language, an Adamawa language of Chad
• Zan languages, a proposed collective term for the Megrelian and Laz languages in the 7th century Caucasus

People

Given name

• Zan Abeyratne, backing singer in Models
• Žan Benedičič (born 1994) Slovenian soccer player
• Žan Celar (born 1999) Slovenian soccer player
• Zan Ganassa (1540–1584) Italian actor
• Zan Wesley Holmes Jr, U.S. minister
• Žan Jakše, Slovenian canoeist
• Žan Kranjec (born 1992) Slovenian alpine skier
• Žan Marolt (1964–2009) Bosnia-Herzegovina actor
• Zan Perrion, Canadian pickup artist, founder of the Ars Amorata philosophy
• Zan Rowe (born 1978) Australian radio personality
• Žan Tabak (born 1970) Canadian basketball player

Surname

• Alessandro Zan (born 1973) Italian politician
• Gökhan Zan (born 1981) Turkish footballer
• Zan (surname), a Chinese surname (昝)

Other people

• Zinny J. Zan, Swedish singer Bo Stagman (born 1964)
• Zan, a soca music singer who has recorded with Patrice Roberts
• nickname of Elisha A. Anderson (1866–1941), American lawyer and politician

Fictional characters

• Zan, the eagle in Guardians of Ga'Hoole
• Zan, the main character in the video game Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman
• Zan, the male Wonder Twin in the American animated Hanna-Barbera TV series Super Friends
• Zan Owlson, the female acting CEO of Glomgold Industries in the 2017 reboot of DuckTales
• Zan Partizane, one of the characters in Kirby Star Allies

Media

• Zan, a Japanese film created by Yoshitaka Amano
• Zan (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper
• Zan TV, Afghan women's TV station

Music

• Zan (Shohreh Solati album), a critically acclaimed album by Shohreh Solati
• "Zan", a 1999 song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on Gauze
• "Zan", song by Gackt released as "Setsugekka (The End of Silence)"/"Zan" in 2009

Video games

• Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku
• Zan II: Spirits

Other uses

• Zan (簪), the Chinese name for hairpins, called Kanzashi in Japan

Acronyms and codes

• Zanzibar, a part of Tanzania, East Africa
• Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center in Alaska (identifier)
• Zantop International Airlines, United States (ICAO code)

See also

• Zan Zan (Hangul: 짠짠) K-Pop band

1. Žan Karničnik
2. Zans
3. Žan Celar
4. Zan, Iran
5. Žan Vipotnik
6. Wonder Twins
7. Zan languages
8. Gongsun Zan
9. Žan Zaletel
10. Gökhan Zan
11. Žan Marolt
12. Karto-Zan languages
13. Žan Benedičič
14. Žan Kolmanič
15. Zan Mitrev
16. Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman
17. Žan Jevšenak
18. Alessandro Zan
19. Zhu Zanjin
20. Naqab Zan