{{wiktionary|pan|pan-}} '''Pan''' or '''PAN''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} == Common meanings == * Pan (cooking), a piece of cooking equipment ** Frying pan, a type of cooking pan ** Saucepan, a type of cooking pan ** Sauté pan, a type of cooking pan * Pan (god), a Greek deity, often depicted with specific goat features * Panning (camera), (short for panoramic), film and photography technique in which the camera is swivelled horizontally from a fixed spot
== Arts, entertainment, and media == === Card games === * Pan (game), a shedding card game of Polish origin * Panguingue or Pan, a gambling card game
=== Fictional characters === * Pan (''Dragon Ball''), in ''Dragon Ball'' media * Peter Pan, created by James Barrie
=== Films === * ''Pan'' (1922 film), a Norwegian film * ''Pan'' (1995 film), a Danish/Norwegian/German film * ''Pan'' (2015 film)
=== Literature and publishing === * ''Pan'' (Hamsun novel), by Knut Hamsun. 1894. * ''Pan'' (Clune novel), by Michael Clune. 2025. * ''Pan'' (magazine) an arts and literary review * Pan Books, a publisher
=== Music ===
==== Musical instruments ==== * Pan, short for steelpan, an acoustic instrument * Pan flute or pan pipes, a musical instrument
==== Groups and labels ==== * Pan (band), a Filipino folk/punk rock band * PAN (record label), a record label and art platform * Pan, a Turkish band which performed "Bana Bana" at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest
==== Works ==== * ''Pan'' (The Blue Hearts), an album by the Japanese band * ''Pan'', an opera by Carl Venth
=== Sculpture === * ''Pan'' (Riccio), a 1510s bronze sculpture by Andrea Riccio * ''Pan'' (White), a public artwork by Roger White, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
== Food == * Harina P.A.N., a pre-cooked corn meal * Pan or Paan, a North Indian term for betel
== Languages == * Proto-Austronesian language, a proto-language commonly abbreviated PAN or PAn * Punjabi language, ISO 639-3 code "pan"
== Organizations == * Banco Pan, a Brazilian midsize commercial bank * Pan Club Copenhagen, a gay club * Palo Alto Networks, an American cybersecurity company * Pesticide Action Network, an international NGO network * Polish Academy of Sciences (''Polska Akademia Nauk'') * Protect Arizona Now, sponsor of 2004 Arizona Proposition 200
== People == * Pan (surname), Chinese family name (潘 or 盤) * Pen Ran ({{circa|1944|1979}}), Cambodian singer and songwriter whose name is sometimes Romanized as Pan Ron
== Political parties == * National Action Party (El Salvador) (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of El Salvador * National Action Party (Mexico) (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of Mexico * National Action Party (Nicaragua) (''Partido Acción Nacional'') of Nicaragua * National Advancement Party (''Partido de Avanzada Nacional'') of Guatemala * National Autonomist Party (''Partido Autonomista Nacional''), former Argentine Political Party * National Mandate Party (''Partai Amanat Nasional'') of Indonesia * Party of the Nation's Retirees (''Partido dos Aposentados da Nação'') of Brazil * People-Animals-Nature (''Pessoas-Animais-Natureza'') of Portugal
== Science and technology == === Astronomy === * Pan (crater), on Jupiter's moon Amalthea * Pan, a for name for Jupiter XI, now Carme (moon), 1955–1975 * Pan (moon), of Saturn * 4450 Pan, an asteroid
=== Biology === * Pan (genus), a genus that includes bonobos and chimpanzees
=== Chemistry === * Peroxyacyl nitrates * Phthalic anhydride * Polyacrylonitrile, a polymer of acrylonitrile * Protactinium nitride, chemical formula PaN
=== Computing === * Pan (newsreader), for Usenet * Pan (programming language) * Personal area network
=== Medicine === * Pan, abbreviation for panoramic X-ray * Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) * Polyarteritis nodosa, a vasculitic condition * Positional alcohol nystagmus, eye jerkiness
=== Multimedia technologies === * Panning (audio), of a signal into a new sound field
== Other uses == * pan, a term for a dry lake bed * Gold panning, a mining technique * Pan (horse), an early 19th century British thoroughbred racehorse and sire * Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico (''Programa de Asistencia Nutricional''), a United States Federal assistance program * Flash pan, a small receptacle for priming powder on muzzle-loading firearms * Pan, Slavic honorifics in Poland and Ukraine * Pansexuality, a sexual orientation (often known as "pan") * PAN, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for Panama * PAN, the National Rail code for Pangbourne railway station in the county of Berkshire, UK * Pancoran LRT station, a light rail station in Jakarta, Indonesia * USA-207, an American satellite also known as PAN ("Palladium At Night") * Bedpan * Permanent account number, for taxpayers in India and Nepal * Primary account number, another term for the payment card number of a payment card * Pan (chimpanzee), a chimp known for his appearance on Japanese variety shows
== See also == {{wiktionary|Appendix:Variations of "pan"}} * {{intitle|pans}} * {{intitle|pan}} * Pan Pan (disambiguation) * Pan-pan, a radio state of urgency call
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