Yan
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Names
- Yan EmperorYan EmperorThe Yan Emperor, or Yandi was a legendary Han Chinese ruler who lived in pre-dynastic China. Modern scholarship has identified the Sheep's Head Mountains just north of Gaoping in Shanxi Province as his homeland and territory....
, closely related to the Yellow Emperor - Cantonese transcription of surname 甄, created for naming taboo; Emperor Ming of Han (given name ZhuangZhuang (surname)Zhuang is a Chinese surname. It ranked 73rd by population in a 1990 study of 174,900 samples but dropped out of the top 100 in a 2006 study, which included 296 million samples ....
), renamed Zhuang to Zhen Mandarin transcription - Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin (1853–1909), writer pseudonym Yan, Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright
- Martin YanMartin YanMartin Yan is a Chinese-born American chef and the host of the award-winning cooking show Yan Can Cook.- Early years and education :With ancestral roots in Kaiping, Guangdong, China, Yan was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, to a restaurateur father and a grocer mother, Yan began to cook at 12...
(born 1948), Chinese-Canadian/American television chef; star of Yan Can Cook, carried by PBS and Food Network - Yan (musician), stage name of Jan Scott Wilkinson, English songwriter/lead singer of indie rock band, British Sea Power, founded in 2000
- Tang YanTang YanTiffany Tang is one of the rising stars in China. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing in 2006, majoring in "art of performance." She was regarded as the most beautiful woman in the college that time and also be recognized as a new rising star in the Chinese entertainment world...
(born 1983), Chinese actress well-known in her homeland as a rising star - Yan, transliteration of the name "Ян" (IanIan"Ian", "Iain", or "Eian" is the Scottish Gaelic version of the name John. It is a very common name in much of the English-speaking world...
) from the Russian language - Yan or, more specifically, Yahn, pronunciation of variant of the given name John, especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic languages (in Slovak, spelled JánJán- Famous people named Ján :*Ján Mucha, Slovak footballer*Ján Šťastný, Slovak hockey player*Ján Bahýľ, inventor*Ján Čapkovič, football player*Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia*Ján Cikker, composer*Ján Ďurica, football player...
) - Yan (Wolves Chronicles), a character in The Cuckoo Tree, by Joan AikenJoan AikenJoan Delano Aiken MBE was an English novelist. She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father, American poet Conrad Aiken , her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge and her brother John Aiken Joan Delano Aiken MBE (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English novelist....
- Philipe Yan Tin Lung (born 1976) Hong Kong born, Anchorage raised baseball player. Involved with China Baseball Developments (MLB ChinaMLB China SeriesThe Major League Baseball China Series, or MLB China Series, was two spring training games between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers played in the People's Republic of China. It marked the first time Major League Baseball teams played in China, part an effort to popularize baseball in...
, CBL, Easton Sports, Little League) - Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames, such as "嚴", "顏", "言", "燕", "閻", "闫" etc.
Places
- Yan (state)Yan (state)Yān was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. Its capital was Ji...
, state in China during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period - Former YanFormer YanThe Former Yan was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.Initially, Murong Huang and his son Murong Jun claimed the Jin Dynasty -created title "Prince of Yan," but subsequently, in 352, after seizing most of the former Later Zhao territory, Murong Juan would...
, Southern YanSouthern YanThe Southern Yan was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Its territory roughly coincided with modern Shandong...
, Western YanWestern YanThe Western Yan was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. It was founded by Murong Hong in 384 in the aftermaths of Former Qin's defeat by Jin Dynasty at the Battle of Fei River, with the stated intent of permitting the Xianbei, whom Former Qin's emperor Fu...
, & Later YanLater YanThe Later Yan was a Murong-Xianbei state, located in modern day northeast China, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.All rulers of the Later Yan declared themselves "emperors". Later Yan fell to the Goguryeo dynasty.-Rulers of the Later Yan:...
Murong-Xianbei states during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period - Yan (Anshi)Yan (Anshi)Yan , also known as the Great Yan , was a state established in 756 by the Tang Dynasty general An Lushan, after he rebelled against the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in 755. The state was extinguished in 763, with the death of An Lushan's former subordinate, Shi Siming's son, Shi Chaoyi, who...
, the rebel state which played a key role in the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty - Yan (Ten Kingdoms)Yan (Ten Kingdoms)Yan was a very short lived kingdom in the vicinity of present-day Beijing at the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, which is traditionally dated as being from 907 to 960...
, short-lived state around present-day Beijing at beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period - Yan, KedahYan, KedahYan is a major town and district in Kedah, Malaysia.It is bordered by Kota Setar District to the north, Pendang District to the northeast, and Kuala Muda District to the south. Yan District is along the coast of the Straits of Malacca. Yan town is the administrative centre of Yan district, complete...
, district in Malaysia - Yan, historic village of the Haida people of Queen Charlotte Islands in the Canadian province of British Columbia
- Yan MountainsYan MountainsThe Yanshan or Yan Mountains are a major mountain range north of the North China Plain, in northern Hebei Province.The range rises between the Chaobai River on the west and the famous Shanhai Pass on the east. It is made up mostly of limestone, granite and basalt. Its altitude ranges from 400 to...
, in North China
Other references
- Yan Lifts, commonly known name for Lift Engineering, aerial chairlift manufacturing company which ceased operation in 1996