Tan

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Tan or TAN may refer to:

Math

Tangent function, a trigonometric function often referred to as tan.

Arts and entertainment

Tan, a 1989 album by the Polish rock band Kult
"Tan", a 2026 song by the Scythe from the album Strictly 4 the Scythe
TAN (group), South Korean boy band
Tan (newspaper), a newspaper in Turkey
Tan (weekly newspaper), a newspaper in Kosovo

Businesses and organisations

TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company
FC Rubin-TAN Kazan, a Russian professional ice hockey club in Kazan in 1991-94
Transportes Aéreos Nacionales or TAN Airlines, an airline based in Honduras
Semitan or TAN, operates public transport in Nantes, France

People

Tan (surname) (譚), a Chinese surname
Chen (surname) (陳), a Chinese surname, pronounced "Tan" in Min Nan languages
Laozi, posthumous name "Tan" or "Dān" (聃), philosopher of ancient China
Leborgne, nicknamed Tan, a patient of Paul Broca's, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area
Mika Tan (born 1977), an American model
TAN (musician) (born 1990), Malaysian pop singer
Tan Sağtürk (born 1969), Turkish ballet dancer
Tan France (born 1983), British-American fashion designer

Places

China

Tan (state), an ancient viscountcy in eastern Shandong Province, China
Tai'an railway station (Shandong), China Railway code TAN

Vietnam

Tân An, Bắc Giang, a northeastern commune and village
Tân An, the capital city of Long An Province, Mekong Delta
Tân An province, a former province of South Vietnam

Elsewhere

Tan Track or "The Tan", a running track in Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram: TAN), a country
Taunton Municipal Airport (IATA airport code: TAN), Massachusetts, US

Science and technology

Tan (color), a pale shade of brown
Tanning (leather), the process of making leather from hides
Tan (function), a trigonometric function
Ti-6Al-7Nb, a titanium alloy containing aluminum and niobium
Total acid number (TAN), the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity
Transaction authentication number (TAN), in electronic banking
Tumor-associated neutrophil

Biology

Tan (goat pattern), a goat color pattern
Tanbark or tan, the bark of certain species of tree
Sun tanning, the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light
- Sunless tanning, the darkening of skin without ultraviolet light
Tropical ataxic neuropathy

Other uses

-tan, a Japanese honorific
Tahn (Armenian թան tʻan), a yoghurt-based drink from the Middle East
Tanfana or Tan, an ancient European goddess
Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN), an Indian tax code

See also

Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence
- Irish War of Independence, sometimes called the "Black and Tan war" or "Tan war"
Taan (disambiguation)
Dan (disambiguation) (Tan is the older romanization of Dan in Chinese)
Tannin (disambiguation)
Tanning (disambiguation)
TANS (disambiguation)
Tanzhou (disambiguation), a Chinese placename "Tan District" or "Tan City"

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