People and Languages
- Yuan (surname), the transliteration of a number of Chinese family names (e.g. 袁, 元, 苑, 原, 源, 爰)
- Yuan Haowen (元好問), Chinese poet, author, and official
- Thai Yuan, a people of Northern Thailand
- Yuan language, commonly known as Northern Thai language, language of the Thai Yuan people
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