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Shan may refer to:

People

  • The Shan people, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar
    • The Shan language
  • Dai people, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China
  • Shanrong (山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China
  • Shan (surname), or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname
  • Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelt Siân
  • Darren Shan, children's author
  • MC Shan, rapper

Places

  • Shan State of Myanmar
  • Shaanxi, abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China
  • Shan County, Shandong, county in Shandong, China
  • Shan County, Henan, in Sanmenxia, China
  • Shantou, or Shan (汕), a city in Guangdong, China
  • Shan (剡), river name in Zhejiang Province of PRC
  • Shan (鄯), name for a region in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  • Shan (鄯), the name of ancient Western Regions (西域)
  • 山, shan, Chinese for "mountains" or "mountain range"
  • Mount Shani or Gora Shan, a mountain in the Caucasus

Other uses

  • Shan Foods, a brand of Pakistani cuisine spice mixes
  • Insect from Shaggai, or Shan, a fictional alien race in the writings of Ramsey Campbell
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