Kaplan

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Kaplan may refer to one of the following:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Other uses 4 Meaning in other languages

[edit] People

• Kaplan (surname), the origin and history of the surname Kaplan
• Aryeh Kaplan (1934 - 1983), noted United States Orthodox rabbi and author
• Eliezer Kaplan, Israeli politician
• Gilbert Kaplan, American businessman, former journalist and amateur conductor
• Kaplan Foundation, dedicated to the music of Gustav Mahler, set up by the above
• Mordecai Kaplan, (1881-1983), American rabbi, essayist and founder of Reconstructionist Judaism.

[edit] Places

• Kaplan, Louisiana, U.S.
• Mount Kaplan, Antarctica
• Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv, Israel, named for Eliezer Kaplan
• Kapłań, Poland

[edit] Other uses

• Kaplan, Inc., an education company
  • Asia Pacific Management Institute, a Kaplan Higher Education Institute located in Hong Kong and Singapore
• Kaplan turbine, a propeller-type water turbine
• KATC Tower Kaplan, a television station licensed to Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.

[edit] Meaning in other languages

• The Turkish word for tiger
• The German and Swedish word for chaplain
• In Star Trek fiction, the Klingon word for "success" or the absence of failure

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