Van (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from VAN)
Look up van in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
A van is a road vehicle.
Van also may refer to:
- Van, Vanguard (military tactics)
- Van (Dutch), Dutch preposition
- Van (band), Swedish musical group
- Railway vehicles:
- Van, covered goods wagon
- Van, boxcar
Abbreviations, acronyms, and codes[edit]
- 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[edit]
- In 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[edit]
Surname[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Van cat, mainly from Lake Van region
- Van Railway (defunct), Wales
- Vans (disambiguation)
- The Van (disambiguation)
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Van. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |