Van (disambiguation)

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A van is a road vehicle.

Van also may refer to:

• Van, Vanguard (military tactics)
• Van (Dutch), Dutch preposition
• Kingdom of Van, an Iron Age kingdom in the Armenian Highlands
• Van (band), Swedish musical group
• Railway vehicles:
  • Van, covered goods wagon
  • Van, boxcar

Abbreviations, acronyms, and codes

• Codes:
  • Vanuatu (country code)
  • Valman language of Papua New Guinea (ISO 639 code)
• Acronyms:
  • Value-added network, electronic facility
  • Vehicle Area Network, intra-vehicle network
  • VAN method, experiment in earthquake detection
  • Voluntary Arts Network, UK & Republic of Ireland development agency
  • NGP VAN, political databases
• Other abbreviations:
  • Van Speelautomaten Branche-Organisatie, the Dutch branch of EUROMAT
  • Vancomycin antibiotic

Geographic names

• In Iran:
  • Van, Iran
• In Turkey:
  • Van, Turkey, city in Turkey
  • Van Province
  • Van (electoral district)
  • Lake Van
  • Former jurisdictions:
    • Van Vilayet, a province of Ottoman Empire
    • Eyalet of Van, a primary administrative division of Ottoman Empire
• In the United States
  • Van, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
  • Van, Michigan, in Emmet County, Michigan
  • Van, Missouri, in Polk County, Missouri
  • Van, Oregon, an unincorporated community
  • Van, Pennsylvania, in Venango County, Pennsylvania
  • Van, Texas, a city
  • Van, Virginia
  • Van, West Virginia, an unincorporated census-designated place
• In Wales
  • Van, Caerphilly, a suburb and community east of the town of Caerphilly
  • Van, Llanidloes, a hamlet

People

Surname

• Jessika Van, American actress
• Lindsey Van (born 1984), American ski jumper
• Marina de Van (born 1971), French film director, screenwriter and actress
• Tomiko Van (born 1971), Japanese singer and actress
• Wally Van (born 1880), American actor and film director of the silent era

Given name

• Van Cliburn (1934–2013), American pianist
• Van Green (born 1951), American football player
• Van Hansis (born 1981), American actor
• Van Heflin (1908–1971), American actor
• Van Johnson (1916–2008), American actor
• Van Jones (born 1968), American attorney and activist
• Van Miller (1927–2015), American sports announcer
• Van Morrison (born 1945), Irish musician
• Van Nelson (born 1945), American long-distance runner
• Van Tiffin (born 1965), American football placekicker

Fictional characters

• Van, a character in the Pixar film Cars
• Van (Chrono Cross), from the PlayStation game Chrono Cross
• Van (Gun X Sword), the main character of the anime Gun X Sword
• Van Helsing, from the novel Dracula
• Van Fanel, from the anime The Vision of Escaflowne
• Van Flyheight, from the anime Zoids
• Van Grants, from the PlayStation 2 game Tales of the Abyss
• Van Hohenheim, from the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist and the anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (referred to as "Hohenheim of Light" in the initial Fullmetal Alchemist anime series)
• Van Montgomery, from the TV series Reba
• Van Veen, the main character of Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor
• Van West, character from the New Zealand TV show Outrageous Fortune
• Van Wilder, the protagonist of the film National Lampoon's Van Wilder

See also

• Van cat, mainly from Lake Van region
• Van Railway (defunct), Wales
• Vans (disambiguation)
• The Van (disambiguation)