# Gan

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The word '''Gan''' or the initials '''GAN''' may refer to:
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== Places ==
* Gan, a [component of Hebrew placenames](/source/Glossary_of_Hebrew_toponyms) literally meaning "garden"

=== China ===
* [Gan River (Jiangxi)](/source/Gan_River_(Jiangxi))
* [Gan River (Inner Mongolia)](/source/Gan_River_(Inner_Mongolia)),
* [Gan County](/source/Gan_County), in Jiangxi province
* [Gansu](/source/Gansu), abbreviated ''Gān'' (甘), province of China
* [Jiangxi](/source/Jiangxi), abbreviated ''Gàn'' (赣), province of China

=== Maldives ===
* [Gan (Addu Atoll)](/source/Gan_(Addu_Atoll))
* [Gan (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll)](/source/Gan_(Gaafu_Dhaalu_Atoll))
* [Gan (Huvadhu Atoll)](/source/Gan_(Huvadhu_Atoll))
* [Gan (Laamu Atoll)](/source/Gan_(Laamu_Atoll))
* [Gan International Airport](/source/Gan_International_Airport)

===Elsewhere===
* [Gáň](/source/G%C3%A1%C5%88), a village and municipality in Galanta District, Trnava Region, south-west Slovakia
* [Gan Island](/source/Gan_Island), an island in the Addu Atoll in the Indian Ocean that used to be an RAF airbase
* [Gan, Norway](/source/Gan%2C_Norway), a village in Lillestrøm municipality, Norway
* [Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques](/source/Gan%2C_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques), a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, France

== Science and technology ==
* [GAN (gene)](/source/GAN_(gene))
* [Gan (Martian crater)](/source/Gan_(Martian_crater))
* [Gallium nitride](/source/Gallium_nitride), a popular III-V semiconductor, chemical formula GaN
* [Generative adversarial network](/source/Generative_adversarial_network), a class of machine learning systems
* [Generic Access Network](/source/Generic_Access_Network), formerly known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)

== People ==
* [Gan (surname)](/source/Gan_(surname)), a surname in various cultures (including a list of people with the surname)
* [Gamal Abdel Nasser](/source/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser) (1918–1970), president of Egypt
* [Gösta Adrian-Nilsson](/source/G%C3%B6sta_Adrian-Nilsson) (1884–1965), Swedish painter, signature "GAN"
* [Ga-Adangbe people](/source/Ga-Adangbe_people)
* [Jiang Gan](/source/Jiang_Gan), a Chinese debater and scholar
* [Luo Gan](/source/Luo_Gan) (born 1935), a Chinese politician

== Fictional characters ==
* [Gan (Stephen King)](/source/Gan_(Stephen_King)), in King's Dark Tower novel series
* [Gan Isurugi](/source/Gan_Isurugi), in the ''Rival Schools'' video game series
* [Olag Gan](/source/Characters_of_Blake's_7), in the [Blake's 7](/source/Blake's_7) television series and franchise

== Other ==
* [GAN (cycling team)](/source/GAN_(cycling_team)), the former name of the Crédit Agricole cycling team
* [Gan Chinese-speaking people](/source/Gan_Chinese-speaking_people)
* [Gan Chinese](/source/Gan_Chinese), a variety of spoken Chinese
* [Gan International Airport](/source/Gan_International_Airport), IATA code
* [Global Apprenticeships Network](/source/Global_Apprenticeships_Network), a not-for-profit association based in Geneva
* [Global Arab Network](/source/Global_Arab_Network), a London-based news service about the Arab world
* [Grant Anticipation Note](/source/Grant_Anticipation_Note), a type of highway financing
* [Great American Novel](/source/Great_American_Novel), commonly abbreviated as GAN
* [GANCUBE](/source/Gancube), a Chinese speedcubing company, abbreviated as GAN

== See also ==
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* [Bryan McGan](/source/Bryan_McGan) (1848–1894), Australian cricketer
* [Gahan](/source/Gahan)
* [Gahn](/source/Gahn)
* [Ghan (disambiguation)](/source/Ghan_(disambiguation))
* [Gann (disambiguation)](/source/Gann_(disambiguation))
* [幹 (disambiguation)](/source/%E5%B9%B9_(disambiguation))

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