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Shan may refer to:
People and languages
- Shan (surname), or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname
- Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelled Siân
- Occasionally used as a short form of Shannen/Shannon
Ethnic groups and languages
- Shan people, Southeast Asian ethnic group inhabiting Myanmar
- Dai people, also known as Shan, ethnic group in China
- Shanrong (山戎), term for "mountain barbarian" in Shanxi, Hubei in northern China
Individuals
- Shaan Shahid, Pakistani actor, model, writer and film director
- MC Shan, rapper
- Liu Shan, second emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
- Fu Buqi (宓不齊; Fu Pu-ch'i; born 521BC) who was accorded the title 'Count of Shan'
Places
China
- Shaanxi, abbreviated as Shan (陕), province of the People's Republic of China
- Shan County, Shandong (单县), county in Heze, Shandong, China
- Shan County, Henan (陕县), now Shanzhou District of Sanmenxia city, a county in Sanmenxia, Henan, China
- Shantou, or Shan (汕), a city in Guangdong, China
- Shan (鄯), a region in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
- Shan (剡), a river in the Zhejiang Province of China
- Shan Hills, a region of Burma, China, and Thailand
Other places
- Shan State of Burma (modern state)
- Shan States of Burma (historical kingdoms)
- Shan Hills, a region of Burma, China, and Thailand
- Shan (鄯), ancient Western Regions (西域) to the west of China
- 山, shan, Chinese character (used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean) 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
- The Shan Horse, a horse breed from the Shan State of Myanmar
See also
- Xiao (mythology), several creatures from Chinese mythology
- Shaan (disambiguation)
- Shani (disambiguation)