Duan may refer to:
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Duan (surname)
Duan () is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be found in China, Vietnam and Korea.
Notable people
Mainland China
* Duan Sui (died 386), a ruler of the Xianbei state Western Yan
* Duan Ye (died 401), the first king of the Nor ...
, a Chinese surname
** Duan dynasty, the ruling dynasty of the
Dali Kingdom
The Dali Kingdom, also known as the Dali State (; Bai language, Bai: Dablit Guaif), was a Bai people, Bai dynastic state situated in modern Yunnan province, China, from 937 to 1253. In 1253, it was Mongol conquest of China, conquered by the Mo ...
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Duan tribe
The Duan () was a tribe of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. They were a powerful tribe in the Liaoxi region and played a key role during the fall of the Western Jin dynasty. Unlike the Xianbei tribes of the steppe, ...
, pre-state tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China
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Duan language, spoken on the Laotian–Vietnamese border
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Duan, mark of level in Chinese martial arts
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Lê Duẩn
Lê Duẩn (; 7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1950s and became General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (VCP) at the 3rd Natio ...
, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1959 until his death in 1986, and leader of Vietnam from 1969 to 1986
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Du'an Yao Autonomous County, in Guangxi, China
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Zaiyi
Zaiyi (; Manchu: ; ''dzai-i''; 26 August 1856 – 10 January 1923),Edward J.M. Rhoads, ''Manchus & Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861–1928'', University of Washington Press, 2001 better ...
, Prince Duan (1856-1922), Manchu prince and statesman during the late Qing dynasty
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Duan railway station, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal
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