SAN explained

San or SAN may refer to:

Science and technology

• Sinoatrial node, a region of the cardiac muscle
• Styrene-acrylonitrile resin, a copolymer plastic

Computing

• Storage area network
• System area network, linking clusters of computers
• Subject Alternative Name, associated with a security certificate

Film

• The Dream (1966 film), San in Serbian, a 1966 Yugoslav film
• San, the protagonist of the 1997 film Princess Mononoke
• Umbrella (film) or Sǎn, China, 2007

Languages

• Saint (Spanish and Italian: San)
• San (letter) (Ϻ or Ϡ), an archaic Greek letter, between pi and qoppa
• San (Japanese honorific) (-san), a suffix equivalent to Mr., Mrs. or Miss

Music

• San (band), a Yugoslav rock band
• San (album), by Japanese band High and Mighty Color
• "San", a song by The Beat Fleet from Pistaccio Metallic

Organisations

• South African Navy
• Stigma Action Network, about HIV stigma

Places

• San (river), in Poland and Ukraine
• San, Burkina Faso, Pompoï Department, Balé Province
• San, Mali, Ségou Region
• San, Wiang Sa, a subdistrict of Wiang Sa district, Nan, Thailand
• Sanitarium (healthcare), sometimes nicknamed San
  • Sydney Adventist Hospital, Australia
  • Battle Creek Sanitarium, in Michigan, US
• Saň, a village and part of Višňová (Liberec District) in the Czech Republic

Transport

• San, buses by Polish manufacturer Autosan
• SAN Ecuador (Servicios Aéreos Nacionales, ICAO code: SAN), a defunct airline
• Sandersville Railroad (AAR reporting mark: SAN), in the US
• San Diego International Airport (IATA code: SAN), in California, US
• Sandown railway station (National Rail code: SAN), Isle of Wight, UK
• Société Aéronautique Normande, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer

Other

• San people, indigenous people of southern Africa
• Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a rank
• Standard algebraic notation, in chess

See also

• Sans (disambiguation)