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Tan or TAN may refer to:
Science and technology
- Tangent function (tan), a trigonometric function
- Tan (color), a pale shade of brown
- Total acid number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity
- Transaction authentication number, in electronic banking
- Tanning (leather), the process of making leather from hides
Biology
- Tanbark, or tan, bark of certain species of tree
- Tan (goat pattern), goat color pattern
- Sun tanning, the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light
- Sunless tanning, the darkening of skin without ultraviolet light
Places
- Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram), a country
- Tan (state), an ancient viscountcy in eastern Shandong Province, China
- Taunton Municipal Airport (IATA airport code
TAN), Taunton, Massachusetts, US - Tan Track, a running track in Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Vietnam
- Tân An, Bắc Giang Province, a northeastern commune and village
- Tân An, Long An Province, the capital city of Long An Province, Mekong Delta
- Tân An Province, a former province of South Vietnam
Organisations
- Black and Tans, nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence
- TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company
People
- Tan (surname) (譚), a Chinese surname
- Chen (surname) (陳), a Chinese surname, pronounced "Tan" in Min Nan languages
- Laozi, posthumous name "Tan" or "Dān" (聃), philosopher of ancient China
- Leborgne, nickname Tan, a patient of Paul Broca, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area
Other uses
- Tanfana, or Tan, an ancient European goddess
- Tahn (Armenian թան tʻan), a yoghurt-based drink from the Middle East
- -tan, a Japanese honorific
- Tan, an album by the Polish rock band Kult
- Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number, Indian tax code
See also
- Irish War of Independence, sometimes called the Black and Tan war or Tan war
- Tannin (disambiguation)
- Tanning (disambiguation)
- Tanzhou (disambiguation), a Chinese placename originally meaning "Tan District" and now meaning "Tan City"
- TANS (disambiguation)
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