Yan
3179585
216331166
2008-06-01T04:00:41Z
Skookum1
534835
'''Yan''' may refer to:
* [[Martin Yan]], host of "Yan Can Cook"
* Cantonese transcription of [[Chinese surname]] 甄. Created for [[Naming taboo]]. [[Emperor Ming of Han]] has a given name of Zhuang, and he renamed the [[Zhuang(surname)|Zhuang]] surname to Yan.
* [[State of Yan]], a state in China
* [[Yan (Ten Kingdoms)|Yan]], a short-lived state around present-day [[Beijing]] at the beginning of the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]]
* [[Yan (musician)]], the lead singer of indie/rock British Sea Power
* [[Lift Engineering]], known colloquially by Yan, a now out-of-business aerial chairlift manufacturing company
* [[Yan, Kedah]], a district in Kedah, [[Malaysia]]
* The [[Yan Emperor]], a close kin of the [[Yellow Emperor]].
* [[Tang Yan]], a famous Chinese actress
* New Great Yan Dynasty, please see [[An Shi Rebellion]]
*A transliteration of the name "Ян" ([[Ian]]) from Russian language
* Yan, also known as Dr Cloning
* [[Yan, Muller]], German
* [[Yan (Haida village)]], an historical village of the Haida people of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
==External links==
*[http://english.people.com.cn/200603/23/eng20060323_252943.html A history of Chinese surname Yan]
* Yan Family Home Page: http://ginsunhall.org/
{{disambig}}
[[Category:Chinese family names]]
Yan, the emperors magic goat (Chin Dynasty)