Gan

Gan can have several meanings:

• A Romanization of the Chinese character 甘 (Gān), an abbreviation for Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China
• A Romanization of the Chinese character 赣 (Gàn), an abbreviation for:
  • The Gan River
  • Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China, through which the river flows
  • the Gan varieties of Chinese, which are concentrated in and form the typical speech of Jiangxi
• Gan, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in France.
• Gan, also means to do in chinese, which is commonly used in swearing or cussing.
• Gan, a god in Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series.
• GAN is an acronym that stands for Giant axonal neuropathy and is also the name of the gene that when mutated causes the disorder.
• The French cycling team GAN was later renamed Crédit Agricole.
• Gallium nitride, chemical symbol GaN, is an important wide bandgap semiconductor material with multiple applications in blue lasers and light emitting diodes, high electron mobility transistors, and other electronic devices.
• A Global Area Network
• A Generic Access Network formally known as UMA

Gan as a place name may refer to:

• Gan (Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll) (Republic of Maldives)
• Gan (Laamu Atoll) (Republic of Maldives)
• Gan (Seenu Atoll) (Republic of Maldives)

• Gan is a small place in the municipality of Fet in Akershus, Norway.