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Jan Jankowski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * '' Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak Station)
Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak's ''City of New Orleans'' rail line, Greyhound Lines intercity buses, and is Jackson's main city bus station. History Train service first came to Jackson, Mississippi in 1840, when the Clinton and Vicksburg Railway established a connection. The city became a more prominent rail hub after the American Civil War as a stop for what eventually became the Illinois Central Railroad. The modern Georgian Revival station was built in 1927 by Illinois Central when the rail lines were rebuilt through downtown. Passenger trains served in past This Illinois Central operated trains to these endpoints through the station: *Chicago and New Orleans (including ''City of New Orleans'' and the all-Pullman ''Panama Limited'' and others)January 1950 Illinois Central timetable, Tables A, B, D and F *Chicago and Gulfport, Mississippi * Shreveport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan (Persian Name)
Jan ( fa, جان, pronounced or ) is the Persian word for soul, also borrowed into numerous regional languages such as Pashto. It is also used as a diminutive suffix attached to names and titles, and in this case it means " ydear". It is used as a given name in Greater Iran. Given name * Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet * Jan Fishan Khan, Indian warlord * Jan Mohammad Jamali, Baluch Sardar * Jan Muhammad Junejo, Khilafat Movement leader * Jan Mohammed Khan, Afghan politician * Jan Uddin, British actor and model Middle name * Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician Surname * Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee * Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor * Lalak Jan, Pakistani military personnel * Maulana Hassan Jan, Assassinated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politician * Mian Shakirullah Jan, Pashtun judge and member of the PCO Judges case protest See also * Can (name) * Jan (other) Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Mayen
Jan Mayen () is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is long (southwest-northeast) and in area, partly covered by glaciers (an area of around the Beerenberg volcano). It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by a wide isthmus. It lies northeast of Iceland (495 km 05 miNE of Kolbeinsey), east of central Greenland, and west of the North Cape, Norway. The island is mountainous, the highest summit being the Beerenberg volcano in the north. The isthmus is the location of the two largest lakes of the island, Sørlaguna (South Lagoon) and Nordlaguna (North Lagoon). A third lake is called Ullerenglaguna (Ullereng Lagoon). Jan Mayen was formed by the Jan Mayen hotspot and is defined by geologists as a separate continent. Although administered separately, in the ISO 3166-1 standard, Jan Mayen and Svalbard are collectively designated as ''Svalbard and Jan Mayen'', with the two-letter country code " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan (comic Book Writer)
Juan López Fernández (born 13 March 1939), better known by his pen name Jan, is a Spanish comic book writer and artist, most famous for his creation Superlópez. Biography He was born in the town of Toral de los Vados in the province of León. Completely deaf from the age of six, his parents encouraged him to draw and in 1956, he began to work in a studio in order to learn animation. He emigrated to Cuba in 1959 where he worked in ''Televisión Cubana'' (Cuban Television) and the ''Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos'' (ICAIC) (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry). He also collaborated on some periodicals for children at this time, and later, on comic books and newspaper supplements. Jan returned to Spain in 1969, and worked in the now defunct publishing house Editorial Bruguera until 1985 where he helped illustrate the work of other comic book artists. In 1973, however, Jan created Superlópez, a parodized version of Superman. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
