Nikan Boivin
Nikan may refer to: * Nikan High School, near Tehran, Iran * Nikan, a Manchu name for China * Nikan Wailan Nikan Wailan (; , ? - 1587) was a Jurchen leader affiliated with the Ming dynasty and a rival of Nurhaci. Name In the Jurchen language, Nikan Wailan means "secretary of Han Chinese The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an ...

Nikan High School
Nikan High School () is a boys-only school located in the north of Tehran, Iran. Nikan is an ancient Persian-Zoroastrian name meaning "all the goodness in the world". The school is associated with Alavi High School. Each class has a designated number called "doreh" which shows the number of years from the foundation of the school after which the class entered the first grade (primary school). Admissions About 80% of the 8th grade class continues to 12th grade. The admission process consists of an entrance exam and an interview with the candidate and his parents. Location The campus is located in the Elahiyeh neighborhood of Tehran. External links Nikan High School See also * Alborz High School * Razi High School * Zoroastrians in Iran Zoroastrianism is considered to be the oldest religion still practiced in Iran. It is an Iranian religion that emerged around the 2nd millennium BCE, spreading through the Iranian plateau and eventually gaining official status u ...
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Names Of China
The names of China include the many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin. The English name "China" was borrowed from Portuguese during the 16th century, and its direct cognates became common in the subsequent centuries in the West. It is believed to be a borrowing from Middle Persian, and some have traced it further back to the Sanskrit word () for the nation. It is also thought that the ultimate source of the name China is the Chinese word , the name of the Qin dynasty that ultimately unified China after existing as a Qin (state), state within the Zhou dynasty for many centuries prior. However, there are alternative suggestions for the etymology of this word. Chinese names for China, aside from , include , , and . While Zhonghua minzu, official notions of Chinese nationality do not make any particular reference to ethnicity ...
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