Gan
Encyclopedia
Gan may refer to:
Computing and telecommunications
- .gan, the file extension for documents created by GanttProjectGanttProjectGanttProject is GPL-licensed Java based, project management software that runs under the Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems.-Features:...
- Generic Access NetworkGeneric Access NetworkGeneric Access Network or GAN is a telecommunication system that extends mobile voice, data and IP Multimedia Subsystem/Session Initiation Protocol applications over IP networks...
formerly known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) - Global Area NetworkIEEE 802.20IEEE 802.20 or Mobile Broadband Wireless Access was a specification by the standard association of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for mobile wireless Internet access networks...
Mythology
- Gan CeannDullahanThe Irish dullahan is a type of unseelie fairie. It is headless, usually seen riding a black horse and carrying his or her head under one arm. The head's eyes are massive and constantly dart about like flies, while the mouth is constantly in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head...
, a headless unseelie fairieFairyA fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term...
of Irish mythology.
Fiction
- gan, an Elvish board game played in The Obsidian TrilogyThe Obsidian TrilogyThe Obsidian Trilogy is a three-novel fantasy series, chronicling the journey of Kellen Tavadon in relation to the third war between the Light and the Endarkened, co-written by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory...
by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory - Gan Isurugi, a fictional character from the Rival Schools video game series
- Gan (Stephen King)Gan (Stephen King)Gan is the creative overforce in the cosmology of the fictional Stephen King multiverse. Stephen King's inspiration for the word remains unknown, but he may have taken it from a Hebrew word, which means, simply, "garden." Gan's role in the novels is very much in line with the concept of God or the...
, a deity and the creative overforce in The Dark Tower series and numerous other works of fiction by Stephen King - Olag GanOlag GanOlag Gan is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series Blake's 7, played by David Jackson ....
, a fictional character in the British television series Blake's 7
China
- Gan River (Jiangxi)
- Gan River (Inner Mongolia)Gan River (Inner Mongolia)Gan River is a tributary of the Nen River in Inner Mongolia, China. It flows 446 km from the east flank of the Greater Khingan Range into the Nen River at Nenjiang, through the Morin Dawa Daur and the Oroqin Autonomous Banner of the vast Hulunbuir Municipality. It drains an area of over...
- Gan CountyGan CountyGan County is a county in the municipal region of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province.-Administration:Gan County has an area of 2993 km2. The county executive, legislature and judiciary are at Meilin Town , just upriver from the prefectural seat, together with the CPC and PSB branches. These organs...
, in Jiangxi province - Gan (state)Gan (state)Gan was an ancient kingdom located what in what is now the province of Jiangxi in southern China. Gan is sometimes used as a nickname for Jiangxi....
, a former independent state - A nickname for JiangxiJiangxi' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
Maldives
- Gan (Huvadhu Atoll)Gan (Huvadhu Atoll)Gan is one of the uninhabited islands of Southern Huvadhu Atoll, in the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll administrative division of the Maldives.Gan Island was formerly inhabited, but its inhabitants moved to neighboring islands after a severe epidemic at the end of the 18th century. Before that point, there is...
- Gan (Laamu Atoll)Gan (Laamu Atoll)Gan is one of the inhabited islands of Haddhunmathi Atoll, administrative code Laamu and the proposed capital for the Mathi-Dhekunu Province of the Maldives. Gan is the longest island of the Maldives...
- Gan (Seenu Atoll)Gan (Seenu Atoll)Gan is the southernmost island of Addu Atoll, as well as the southernmost island of the Maldives. It is relatively large by Maldive standards....
- Gan International Airport
Elsewhere
- A local nickname for Gananoque, OntarioGananoque, OntarioGananoque is a town in Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,287 year-round residents in the Canada 2006 Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, Gananoque's most...
, Canada - GanGan, NorwayGan is a village in Fet municipality, Norway. It is located close to the eastern shore of lake Øyeren, between Fetsund and Trøgstad....
, a village in Fet municipality, Norway - GanGan, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesGan is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, France - GáňGanGan may refer to:-Computing and telecommunications:*.gan, the file extension for documents created by GanttProject*Generic Access Network formerly known as Unlicensed Mobile Access *Global Area Network- Mythology :...
, a village and municipality in Galanta District, Trnava Region, south-west Slovakia
Linguistics
- Gan Chinese, a language concentrated in Jiangxi province
- gan, the ISO 639-3ISO 639-3ISO 639-3:2007, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages, is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages. It extends the ISO 639-2...
language code for Gan Chinese
- gan, the ISO 639-3
People
- Alexei Mikhailovich Gan (1889-1942), Soviet architect, designer, and theoretician of Constructivism
- Brendan GanBrendan GanBrendan Gan is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Sabah FA in the Malaysian Super League.-Club career:Gan began playing football for his local club, the Marton Hammers before he signed for the Sutherland Sharks in 2000 when he was twelve years old and came up through their youth...
, football player for Sydney FC, Australia - Pinchas Cohen GanPinchas Cohen GanPinchas Cohen Gan is an Israeli painter and mixed-media artist.-Biography:Pinhas Cohen Gan was born in Meknes, Morocco. He immigrated to Israel in 1949...
, an Israeli artist - Gan NingGan NingGan Ning was a military general serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was born in Linjiang, Ba Commandery .-Early life as a pirate:...
, a warrior of the Three Kingdoms period in China - Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (1884-1965), Swedish painter known under the signature "GAN"
Others
- GaN, an abbreviation for Gallium nitride
- Gan, a common family name in South East Asia of typically Chinese descent from FujianFujian' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
who speak the Min NanMin NanThe Southern Min languages, or Min Nan , are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and southern Zhejiang provinces of China, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora....
or HokkienHokkienHokkien is a Hokkien word corresponding to Standard Chinese "Fujian". It may refer to:* Hokkien dialect, a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in Southern Fujian , Taiwan, South-east Asia, and elsewhere....
dialect. 顏 (Traditional Chinese), 颜 (Simplified) - GAN, the former name of the Crédit Agricole cycling team
- Giant axonal neuropathyGiant axonal neuropathyGiant axonal neuropathy is a rare, autosomal recessive neurological disorder that causes disorganization of neurofilaments. Neurofilaments form a structural framework that helps to define the shape and size of neurons and are essential for normal nerve function.-Diagnosis:Giant axonal neuropathy...
and is also the name of the gene that when mutated causes the disorder - Grant Anticipation Note, a type of highway financing