BIAN or Bian may refer to:
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Kaifeng
Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the N ...
, a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China
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Uiseong
Uiseong County (''Uiseong-gun'') is a county in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea. Located near the center of the province, it is bounded by Andong on the north, Cheongsong on the east, Gunwi County on the south, and Sangju and Yecheon on th ...
, former name Bian, county in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea
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Bian, Hamadan
Bian ( fa, بيان, also Romanized as Bīān and Bayān) is a village in Gamasiyab Rural District, in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also call ...
, a village in Iran
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Bian River (China)
The Bian River (), also known in Chinese as the Bian Shui (汴水), was an ancient river partly located within the borders of China's Kaifeng City, Henan Province.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an impe ...
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Bian River (Indonesia)
The Bian River or Mbian River is a river of western part of Papua, in the province of Papua, Indonesia. Its total length is 580.6 km and width around 70 – 1447.1 m. Some 900 people in its upper course are said to speak the language Bian M ...
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Bian (Lu) BIAN or Bian may refer to:
Place
*Kaifeng, a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China
*Uiseong, former name Bian, county in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea
*Bian, Hamadan, a village in Iran
*Bian River (Chi ...
, district in
Lu (state)
Lu (, c. 1042–249 BC) was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern Shandong province. Founded in the 11th century BC, its rulers were from a cadet branch of the House of Ji (姬) that ruled the Zhou d ...
known for brave warriors.
Others
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Banking Industry Architecture Network e.V. (BIAN), a not-for-profit organization in the banking industry founded in 2008
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Rezubian
Records of men who have sex with men in Japan date back to ancient times. Western scholars have identified these as evidence of homosexuality in Japan. Though these relations had existed in Japan for millennia, they became most apparent to scho ...
, or Bian, Japanese term to refer to a woman as a Lesbian
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Bian (surname) Bian is the romanization of several Chinese surnames, including Biàn 卞, Biān 边, Biǎn 扁, Biàn 弁, Biàn 汴, etc. Biān 边 is the most common of these names, while Biàn 卞 is the second-most common.
Notable people named Bian
卞 Biàn ...
, a Chinese surname
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Bian (weapon)
The Bian () or Tie Bian () and Gang Bian (), also known as Chinese whip or hard whip, is a type of tubular-shaped club or rod weapon designed to inflict blunt damage with whipping motion.
Despite having a rigid construct, the Bian whip shares i ...
, an exotic Chinese weapon. Translated as "hard whip"
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