Lan or LAN may refer to:

Science and technology

Local asymptotic normality In statistics, local asymptotic normality is a property of a sequence of statistical models, which allows this sequence to be asymptotic distribution, asymptotically approximated by a normal distribution, normal location model, after an appropriate ...

, a fundamental property of regular models in statistics * Longitude of the ascending node, one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space *

Łan Lan (Polish language, Polish: ''łan'' ; German language, German: ''Lahn''; Latin: ''laneus'') is an old unit of field (agriculture), field measurement used in Poland. Since the 13th century, its value has varied from one location to another. A ...

, unit of measurement in Poland *

Local area network A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, campus, or building, and has its network equipment and interconnects locally managed. LANs facilitate the distribution of da ...

, a computer network that interconnects within a limited area such as one or more buildings * Lan blood group system, a human blood group * Lanthanum nitride, a chemical compound whose formula is LaN

Places

Lan County Lan County or Lanxian is a county under the administration of Lüliang City, in west-central Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and larg ...

, Shanxi, China * Łan, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland * Lan (agrotown), agrotown in Nyasvizh district, Minsk region, Belarus * Lan (river), Belarus *

Llan (placename) Llan () and its variants (; ; ; Irish and ) are a common element of Celtic placenames in the British Isles and Brittany, especially of Welsh toponymy. In Welsh the (often mutated) name of a local saint or a geomorphological description follo ...

, a placename element known in Breton as ''lan'' * LAN ** Chapman code of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, England ** National Rail station code of Lancaster railway station, England **IATA airport code of Capital Region International Airport, Lansing, Michigan, US

Airlines

* LAN Airlines, former name of LATAM Chile, an airline in Chile, with a stake in other airlines: ** LAN Peru, an airline based in Peru ** LAN Ecuador, an airline based in Quito, Ecuador ** LAN Argentina, a defunct Argentine airline ** LAN Dominicana, a defunct Dominican airline ** LAN Colombia, an airline based in Bogotá, Colombia

People

* Lan (surname 蓝), a Chinese surname * Lan (surname 兰), a Chinese surname * Lan (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Lan (tribe), ethnic group in Han dynasty China * David Lan (born 1952), South African-born British playwright * Donald Lan (1930–2019), American politician * Phạm Chi Lan, Vietnamese economist

Fictional characters

* Lan, Aeon of The Hunt in Honkai: Star Rail * Lan Mandragoran, a fictional character from Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series * Lan Hikari, protagonist of the ''Mega Man: Battle Network'' series of video games and animated television shows

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