Clan (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with klan.

A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent. It may refer to:

• Clan (African Great Lakes), a unit of social organisation
• Chinese clan association, formed by Overseas Chinese based on dialect groups or family names
• Irish clan, an Irish family group with a common surname
• Japanese clans. a Japanese family group with a common surname
• Scottish clan, a Scottish family group with a common surname

Clan(s) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Clans (BattleTech), in the fictional BattleTech universe
• Clans (board game), a prehistoric-themed German-style board game
• Clans (game), a 1999 action RPG.
• Clan (TV channel), a children- and youth-oriented Spanish TV channel.
• Clan (TV series), a Flemish TV series
• Clan (video gaming), a group of players who regularly play together in a multi-player game
• Glasgow Clan An ice hockey team from Glasgow, Scotland who compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League.

Other uses

• Clan (car), a British sports car manufacturer, producer of the Clan Crusader
• Clans, Alpes-Maritimes, a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département in France
• Clans, Haute-Saône, a commune of the Haute-Saône département in France
• Clan Class, a Highland Railway steam locomotive
• Clan Line, a British shipping firm of the 19th and 20th centuries
• Protein clan, a superfamily of proteins, usually proteases
• Simon Fraser Clan, the varsity sport teams for Simon Fraser University
• The collective noun for hyenas

See also

• The Clan (disambiguation)
• Clansman (disambiguation)
• Klan (disambiguation)
• Ku Klux Klan
• Llan (placename element)