{{wiktionary|Gan|gan|-GAN}} {{for|Wikipedia's good article nomination process|Wikipedia:Good article nominations|selfref=y}} The word '''Gan''' or the initials '''GAN''' may refer to: {{tocright}}
== Places == * Gan, a component of Hebrew placenames literally meaning "garden"
=== China === * Gan River (Jiangxi) * Gan River (Inner Mongolia), * Gan County, in Jiangxi province * Gansu, abbreviated ''Gān'' (甘), province of China * Jiangxi, abbreviated ''Gàn'' (赣), province of China
=== Maldives === * Gan (Addu Atoll) * Gan (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll) * Gan (Huvadhu Atoll) * Gan (Laamu Atoll) * Gan International Airport
===Elsewhere=== * Gáň, a village and municipality in Galanta District, Trnava Region, south-west Slovakia * Gan Island, an island in the Addu Atoll in the Indian Ocean that used to be an RAF airbase * Gan, Norway, a village in Lillestrøm municipality, Norway * Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, France
== Science and technology == * GAN (gene) * Gan (Martian crater) * Gallium nitride, a popular III-V semiconductor, chemical formula GaN * Generative adversarial network, a class of machine learning systems * Generic Access Network, formerly known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)
== People == * Gan (surname), a surname in various cultures (including a list of people with the surname) * Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), president of Egypt * Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (1884–1965), Swedish painter, signature "GAN" * Ga-Adangbe people * Jiang Gan, a Chinese debater and scholar * Luo Gan (born 1935), a Chinese politician
== Fictional characters == * Gan (Stephen King), in King's Dark Tower novel series * Gan Isurugi, in the ''Rival Schools'' video game series * Olag Gan, in the Blake's 7 television series and franchise
== Other == * GAN (cycling team), the former name of the Crédit Agricole cycling team * Gan Chinese-speaking people * Gan Chinese, a variety of spoken Chinese * Gan International Airport, IATA code * Global Apprenticeships Network, a not-for-profit association based in Geneva * Global Arab Network, a London-based news service about the Arab world * Grant Anticipation Note, a type of highway financing * Great American Novel, commonly abbreviated as GAN * GANCUBE, a Chinese speedcubing company, abbreviated as GAN
== See also == {{canned search|gan}} * {{in title|plural=yes}} * {{lookfrom}} * {{lookfrom|GAN}} * Bryan McGan (1848–1894), Australian cricketer * Gahan * Gahn * Ghan (disambiguation) * Gann (disambiguation) * 幹 (disambiguation)
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