Elan
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Real or fictional people:
- Elan AtiasElan AtiasElan Atias is an American Jewish, singer/songwriter, reggae singer. Atias performed with The Wailers, which had been the backing band for Bob Marley, on and off from 1997 to 2010. He was signed to London Records under the WMG umbrella in January 2000. He was featured on the Sex and the City...
, United States singer-songwriter - Elán (recording artist), Mexican singer
- Elan (Order of the Stick)Characters of the Order of the StickThis is a list of characters from the webcomic The Order of the Stick . It is a comedic webcomic that celebrates and satirizes tabletop role-playing games and medieval fantasy through the ongoing tale of the eponymous fellowship of adventuring heroes...
, a character in the webcomic The Order of the Stick - The poets of ElanThe poets of ElanA group of Ecuadorian poets born between 1905 and 1920 representing the neosymbolism or lyrical vanguard movement. These poets gravitate towards an inner, cerebral lyric, but are also moved by the decisive influence of the social movements growing in the country and the world, specially to the many...
, a group of Ecuadorian poets - Elan Morin Tedronai, the true name of IshamaelIshamaelIshamael is one of the primary antagonists of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. He is one of the Forsaken...
in Robert Jordan's fictional series The Wheel of Time
Places:
- Élan, ArdennesÉlan, ArdennesÉlan is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune of the Ardennes département in France - Elan ValleyElan ValleyThe Elan Valley is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". It covers of lake and countryside....
, a valley in Wales
Companies:
- Elan (company)Elan (company)Elan is a Slovenian company, located in Begunje, specializing in the production of sporting goods. It is best known for its skis and snowboards. Other products include sailboats from 30 to 50 ft length, motor yachts, apparel , equipment for sports facilities...
, a Slovenian sports equipment company - ÉlanÉlanÉlan Corporation plc is a major drugs firm based in Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland which has major interests in the United States. In the late 1990s its value on the Irish Stock Exchange reached over €20bn. It has secondary listings on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange....
, a drug firm based in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland - Élan Motorsport TechnologiesÉlan Motorsport TechnologiesÉlan Motorsport Technologies is an umbrella company containing the race car manufacturing companies owned by the Panoz Motor Sports Group. Élan designs and builds Panoz-branded race cars, and have also acquired other manufacturers, including famous Formula Ford builders Van Diemen and IndyCar...
, a race car manufacturing consortium based in the United States - Elan Group Ltd, a Manpower Inc.Manpower Inc.ManpowerGroup is a workforce solutions and services provider company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established by Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld in 1948. It was acquired by Blue Arrow of Britain in 1987, but became independent again in 1991.The directors include...
company in the UK
Automobile-related:
- Kia Elan, car model
- Lotus ElanLotus ElanLotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...
, a car model
Computer-related:
- ELAN, an emulated LANLänLän and lääni refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010....
- Elan, another name for the 1980s Enterprise 128Enterprise 128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80 based home computer first released in 1985. There are two variants, the Enterprise 64 with 64 kB of RAM, and the Enterprise 128 with 128 kB.- Hardware :- CPU, memory and ASIC chips :...
home computer - Elan GraphicsElan GraphicsElan Graphics is a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations. Elan Graphics was developed in 1991 and was available as a high-end graphics option on workstations released during the mid-1990s as part of the Express Graphics architectures family...
, computer graphics subsystem for mid-1990s Silicon Graphics workstations - ELAN (programming language), an educational programming language developed in the 1970s
- Élan 5xx, a family of microcontrollers marketed by AMD based on the Am5x86 microprocessor
- ELAN (EUDICO Linguistic Annotator), a tool for the creation of annotations on video and audio resources
Other uses:
- Elan (properly élan), a French loanword for "zeal or ardor"
- ELAN, acronym for Elliniko Laiko Apeleftherotiko Naftiko, the Greek People's Liberation Navy
- Elan (surname), a common surname
- Elan (Dungeons & Dragons)Elan (Dungeons & Dragons)In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the elan is a type of fictional creature for player characters to encounter. Players can also use the elan as a player character race.-Publication history:...
, a fictional race in Dungeons & Dragons - Elán (band)Elán (band)Elán is a Slovak pop-rock band, founded in 1969 by Jožo Ráž, Juraj Farkaš, Vašo Patejdl and Zdeno Baláž. It became one of the most popular Czechoslovak bands during the 1980s. In 1993, the group represented Slovakia in the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest but having finished in...
, a Slovak rock band - Elan (bass guitar), a bass guitar made by AlembicAlembicAn alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube...
- Elan (snowmobile), a model of snowmobile made by Skidoo
- Elán (journal), a Slovak poetry journal (1930–1947)
- Canon Elan, a series of SLR cameras from Canon
- Early left anterior negativityEarly left anterior negativityThe early left anterior negativity is an event-related potential in electroencephalography , or component of brain activity that occurs in response to a certain kind of stimulus...
, an event-related potential in electrophysiology - Elan (IIT Hyderabad), the annual technical/cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad