# Shan

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**Shan** may refer to:

## People and languages

- [Shan (surname)](/source/Shan_(surname)), or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname
- Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelled [Siân](/source/Si%C3%A2n)
- Occasionally used as a short form of [Shannen](/source/Shannen)/[Shannon](/source/Shannon_(given_name))

### Ethnic groups and languages

- [Shan people](/source/Shan_people), Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar - [Shan language](/source/Shan_language)
- [Dai people](/source/Dai_people), also known as Shan, ethnic group in China
- [Shanrong](/source/Shanrong) (山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China

### Individuals

- [Shaan Shahid](/source/Shaan_Shahid), Pakistani actor, model, writer and film director
- [MC Shan](/source/MC_Shan), rapper
- [Liu Shan](/source/Liu_Shan), second emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
- [Fu Buqi](/source/Fu_Buqi) (宓不齊; Fu Pu-ch'i; born 521BC) who was accorded the title 'Count of Shan'

## Places

- [Shan State](/source/Shan_State)

### China

- [Shaanxi](/source/Shaanxi), abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China
- [Shan County, Shandong](/source/Shan_County,_Shandong) (单县), county in Heze, Shandong, China
- [Shan County, Henan](/source/Shan_County,_Henan) (陕县), now Shanzhou District of Sanmenxia city, a county in Sanmenxia, Henan, China
- [Shantou](/source/Shantou), or Shan (汕), a city in Guangdong, China
- Shan (鄯), a region in [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang) Uyghur Autonomous Region
- Shan (剡), a river in the [Zhejiang](/source/Zhejiang) Province of China
- [Shan Hills](/source/Shan_Hills), a region of Burma, China, and Thailand

### Other places

- [Shan State](/source/Shan_State) of Burma (modern state)
- [Shan States](/source/Shan_States) of Burma (historical kingdoms)
- [Shan Hills](/source/Shan_Hills), a region of Burma, China, and Thailand
- Shan (鄯), ancient [Western Regions](/source/Western_Regions) (西域) to the west of China
- [山](/source/%E5%B1%B1), *shan*, Chinese character (used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean) for "mountains" or "mountain range"
- [Mount Shani](/source/Mount_Shani) or Gora Shan, a mountain in the Caucasus

## Other uses

- [Shan Foods](/source/Shan_Foods), a brand of Pakistani cuisine spice mixes
- Insect from Shaggai, or Shan, a fictional alien race in the writings of [Ramsey Campbell](/source/Ramsey_Campbell)
- The [Shan Horse](/source/Shan_Horse), a horse breed from the Shan State of Myanmar

## See also

- [Xiao (mythology)](/source/Xiao_(mythology)), several creatures from Chinese mythology
- [Shaan (disambiguation)](/source/Shaan_(disambiguation))
- [Shani (disambiguation)](/source/Shani_(disambiguation))
- [Shan'L](/source/Shan'L)

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