Dan is an old Scandinavian given name with disputed meaning.
Dan is also a Hebrew given name, after Dan, the fifth son of Jacob with Bilhah and founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan.
It is also a given name or a nickname for people named Daniel.
Dan, or the acronym DAN may refer to the following:
Dan (king), several kings of Denmark, known from pre-Christian medieval Scandinavian texts, including Dan Mikilláti, from whom Denmark took its name.
Dan (Chinese:旦; Wade–Giles:tan), is the general name for female roles in Chinese opera, often referring to leading roles. There are a few different kinds of dan in Chinese opera. The commonly seen ones are 'Guimen Dan', 'Hua Dan', 'Daoma Dan', 'Wu Dan', 'Lao Dan' and 'Cai Dan'. Each different kind of dan has its own unique characteristics.
Guimen Dan (闺门旦) is the role of the virtuous lady. It is also known as Qingyi (青衣）or Zhengdan (正旦). Qingyi means 'green robes' in Chinese, although the term traditionally extends to the colour black. This kind of dan used to wear black robes. Qing Yi are normally mature and sometimes married women. They may be rich or poor, young or of middle age, but they have to be mature women to fall under this category. Qingyi focus more on singing and they have little movement. They sing in a very high pitched and piercing voice which many people who do not appreciate Chinese opera find difficult to like. Opera schools in China have difficulty recruiting students for this kind of role, since it requires a good voice, good looks and a good height. The most famous qingyi of the last century was Mei Lanfang. Examples of Guimen Dan are Du Liniang (杜丽娘) from The Peony Pavilion (牡丹亭) and Wang Baochuan (王宝钏）from Wujiapo （武家坡).
In more recent years, commercial perry has also been referred to as "pear cider", but some organisations (such as CAMRA) do not accept this as a name for the traditional drink. The National Association of Cider Makers, on the other hand, disagrees, insisting that the terms perry and pear cider are interchangeable. An over twenty-fold increase of sales of industrially manufactured "pear cider" produced from often imported concentrate makes the matter especially contentious.
As with cider apples, special pear cultivars are used to make Perry. Perry pears are thought to be descended from wild hybrids, known as wildings, between the cultivated pear Pyrus communis subsp. communis, brought to northern Europe by the Romans, and the now-rare wild pear Pyrus communis subsp. pyraster. Perry pears are higher in tannin and acid than eating or cooking pears, and are generally smaller.
The Perry was a British car made by the Perry Motor Company based in Tyseley, Birmingham who made cars between 1913 and 1916.
The company can trace its roots back to 1824 with James and Stephen Perry making pens in a workshop in London, later moving to Birmingham and building bicycles. By the late 1890s they were having financial problems and were bought by James William Bayliss, part owner of the Bayliss-Thomas car making company.
Their first car, a three-wheeler, was made in 1899 followed by a forecar in 1903. Cecil Bayliss, the son of the new owner, built a cyclecar in 1911 with 800cc engine, and this was developed into the first Perry car to reach production.
The Perry cyclecar was described as 'just placed on the market' when exhibited at the November 1912 Motor Cycle and Cycle Car Show at Olympia. It was described as 'an exact replica of a full-sized model, but is of exceptionally light weight - less than 7cwt'.
The engine for the car was built in-house and was a twin-cylinder vertical water cooled unit, with 72mm bore and 108mm stroke, unusual in that both pistons rose and fell at the same time. Drive was to the rear wheels through a 3-speed gearbox with reverse and worm-driven axle and spur differential. The rear springing was unusual in that the long semi-elliptic leaf springs were supplemented by coil springs. It was fitted with Sankey detachable wheels and Dunlop tyres.
Perry (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey during the 1750s. He was possibly related to the player called Perry who, in 1726, took part with Piper of Hampton in the earliest known single wicket contest.
He then played for All-England against Kent in the two matches at the Artillery Ground in May 1751. On Monday, 3 June 1751, Perry played in a "fives" match for Kent against Surrey. He must have been adept at single wicket as he was involved in further contests in 1754 and 1755.
The only other mention of him was in 1752 when he was a given man playing for Westminster against Addington.
As Perry had established his reputation by 1750, he must have been active for some years previously. His career probably spanned the 1740s and 1750s when very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports.
In closing arguments Friday, Godejohn's attorney Dewayne Perry described his client as a "low-functioning person with autism" who was incapable of true deliberation ... "Nick was so in love with her and so obsessed with her that he would do anything," Perry said....
In closing arguments Friday, Godejohn’s attorney Dewayne Perry described his client as a “low-functioning person with autism” who was incapable of true deliberation ... “Nick was so in love with her and so obsessed with her that he would do anything,” Perry said....
A month ago, news reports indicated defensive lineman DanPerry was actually ineligible when he saw limited action in the first four games. Ferris officials cited the complicity of Perry’s transfer status and an error in interpreting the NCAA rules. Perry initially wrestled for ......
Amazon Studios DanPerri’s title design for Suspiria... Title designer DanPerri, who created the famous text crawl at the start of Star Wars , describes the process of creating Suspiria ’s title as a constant back-and-forth with Guadagnino, who would send over references he found in magazines and books ... “It’s all very emotional,” says Perri....
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Safety and security, technology, fine arts, athletics, career and technical, kitchen and equipment upgrades as well as renovations to VivianField and Dewitt Perry middle schools are expected. As part of the athletic improvements, Dewitt Perry, Vivian Field and Dan F....