van A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. There is some variation in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or ...

is a road vehicle. Van, VAN and other capitalizations may refer to:

People and fictional characters

* ''van'' (Dutch), a common prefix in Dutch language surnames * Van (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname *

Van (surname) Van is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Van (born 1964), Australian politician, a Liberal Senator for Victoria *Jessika Van, American actress *Lindsey Van (born 1984), American ski jumper *Marina de Van (born 1971), Fren ...

, including a list of people

Places

Canada

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

, largest city in British Columbia

Iran

* Van, Iran a village

Turkey

Lake Van Lake Van (; ; ) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van Province, Van and Bitlis Province, Bitlis, in the Armenian highlands. It is a Salt lake, saline Soda lake, soda lake, receiv ...

, a lake in eastern Turkey * Kingdom of Van, an Iron Age civilization centered on Lake Van (860–590 BC) *

Van, Turkey Van (; ; ) is a city in eastern Turkey's Van Province, on the eastern shore of Lake Van. It is the capital and largest city of Van Province. Van has a long history as a major urban area. It has been a large city since the first millennium B ...

, a city on the east shore of Lake Van *

Van Province Van Province (, , Armenian: Վանի մարզ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. Its area is 20,921 km2, and its population is 1,128,749 (2022). ...

, a modern Turkish province ** Van (electoral district), the electoral district of the province ** Eyalet of Van, the province during the Ottoman Empire (1548–1864) **

Van Vilayet The Vilayet of Van (; ) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had a population of about 400,000 and an area of .Van Vilayet was one of the six Armenian vila ...

, the province during the later Ottoman period (1875–1922)

United Kingdom

Van, Caerphilly Van () is a suburb and community (Wales), community in Caerphilly (county borough), Caerphilly county borough in Wales, situated in the east of the town of Caerphilly. It contains the vast housing estate of Lansbury Park and the estates of Porset ...

, a suburb east of Caerphilly, Wales * Van, Llanidloes, a hamlet in Wales

United States

* Van, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Van, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Van, Oregon, an unincorporated community *

Van, Texas Van is a city located in southeastern Van Zandt County, Texas, United States, approximately 26 miles northwest of Tyler. Its population was 2,664 at the 2020 census. The town draws its name from an early settler and school teacher, Henry Vance ...

, a city * Van, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Van, West Virginia Van is a census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, West Virginia, Boone County, West Virginia, United States, along the Pond Fork of the Little Coal River (West Virginia), Coal River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its po ...

, a census-designated place

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

's IOC and FIFA country code

Organizations

* ''

VAN Magazine ''VAN'' is an online independent magazine devoted to classical music. Published weekly in German and English, it launched in January 2016, styling itself as "a fanzine for music lovers, music professionals and followers of the arts." Its name com ...

'', classical music magazine * Vereniging Automatenhandel Nederland (VAN), the Dutch branch of

EUROMAT The European Gaming and Amusement Federation (EUROMAT) is a Brussels-based federation of European trade associations representing the gaming and amusement industry at European Union level. Organisation History The European Gaming and Amusement ...

NGP VAN NGP VAN, Inc. is an American privately owned voter database and web hosting service provider used by the Democratic Party, Democratic campaigns, and other non-profit organizations authorized by the Democratic Party. The platform or service is u ...

, a voter database and web hosting service provider *

Van's Aircraft Van's Aircraft, Inc. is an American Homebuilt aircraft, kit aircraft manufacturer founded by Richard VanGrunsven in 1973. The Van's RV series aircraft are all-aluminum, low-wing monoplanes of monocoque construction. In 2023, over 11,000 Van's a ...

, founded by Richard Van Grunsen * FC Van, an Armenian football club based in Charentsavan *

FC Van Yerevan FC Van Yerevan () was an Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990. History This club is named in honor of the Armenian historic city of Van, which was once the capital of the Urartu Kingdom. The club participated in the f ...

, a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990

Transportation

* van, British English for a railway

covered goods wagon A covered goods wagon or covered goods van (United Kingdom) is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof. They are often referred to simply ...

Van Railway The Van Railway was a standard gauge railway in mid Wales. The line was built in 1871 to link the highly productive lead mines at Van, Llanidloes, Van, near Llanidloes to the main Cambrian Railways, Cambrian line at Caersws. The mines closed in ...

, former railway between Van and Caersws, Wales * VAN, the IATA code for

Van Ferit Melen Airport Van Ferit Melen Airport is an airport in Van, a city in the eastern region of Turkey. It is named after the Turkish politician and former prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of ...

, Turkey

Vehicles

* Mitsubishi Van, a cargo van marketed in the United States *

Toyota Van The Toyota LiteAce and TownAce are a line of light commercial and derivative passenger vans produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota. These vehicles originally utilized the cab-over-engine configuration, although since 1996 a semi-ca ...

, a light commercial and passenger van marketed in the United States * Nissan Van, a light commercial and passenger van marketed in the United States * Chevrolet Van, a range of full-sized vans marketed by General Motors *

Dodge Ram Van The Dodge Ram Van (originally the Dodge Bseries) is a range of full-size vans that were produced by Chrysler, Chrysler Corporation from the 1971 to 2003 model years. The Bseries replaced the forward control Dodge A100, transitioning to a front-e ...

, a range of full-sized vans marketed by the Chrysler Corporation * Arrival Van, a battery electric cargo van designed by Arrival

Other uses

* , the ISO 639 code for the

Valman language Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offsho ...

of Papua New Guinea * Vannic language, extinct language of the kingdom of Urartu *

Value-added network A value-added network (VAN) is a hosted service offering that acts as an intermediary between business partners sharing standards based on proprietary data via shared business processes. The offered service is referred to as "value-added network ser ...

(VAN), a service intermediary between businesses for sharing data * Vehicle Area Network, an intra-vehicle computer bus * Van,

Vanguard (military tactics) The vanguard (sometimes abbreviated to van and also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy and securing ground in advance of the main force. ...

* Van (band), Swedish musical group *

Van cat The Van cat (; ; ; Eastern ) is a distinctive landrace (or "natural breed") of the domestic cat found around Lake Van in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Van cats are relatively large, have a chalky white coat, sometimes with ruddy color ...

, a cat from the Lake Van region * VAN method, a controversial method of earthquake prediction