Culture and Language
- An (Mesopotamian mythology), a god in Sumerian and Babylonian mythology
- An (Mesopotamian mythology), a goddess in Sumerian mythology
- An (安), Chinese name of the Arsacid Empire during the Han era and that of Sogdiana during the Tang era
- An (Chinese name) (安), of Parthian, Han Chinese, Xianbei, Sogdian, Iranian, Khitan people, etc.
- Anchi (安迟), Chinese Xianbei surname of Northern Wei
- An (Chinese name) (俺), Jewish Chinese surname of the Song Dynasty, with Jin (金), Li (李), Zhang (张), etc.
- An (安), alternative romanisation for Ahn (Korean name)
- An (安), Japanese Character of language A, see Abe (安倍), Amuro (安室)
- Ando (安藤), Japanese surname
- An (Shintō), a small table or platform used during Shinto ceremonies
- Anguttara Nikaya, one of the five oldest books in Buddhist literature
- Aragonese language's ISO 639-1:2002 language code
- AN Algemeen Nederlands (meaning "Common Dutch"), the official Dutch language, common to most people in the Netherlands and the Flemish community in Belgium
- Andromeda, Galaxy, mythology, Arts
- Android (operating system), Mobile OS
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