Cahan

Cahan

Cahan may refer to the following:

People

Cahan is an Irish and Jewish surname.

* Abraham Cahan, writer
* Eric Cahan, photographer
* Adam Cahan, media executive
* Charles Hazlitt Cahan, Canadian politician
* Larry Cahan, ice hockey player
* O'Cahan (name of a significant clan in Ulster)
* Bill Cahan, architect, graphic designer, and founder of design firm Cahan and Associates

Places

* Cahan, a commune of the Orne "département", in France


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  • Cahan — Cahan …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cahan — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cahan …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cahan — Cahan,   1) [ kʌhʌn], Abraham, amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Journalist, * Podberezy (bei Vilnius) 6. 6. 1860, ✝ New York 31. 8. 1951; kam 1882 in die USA; leitete den »Jewish Daily Forward«, eine Zeitung, die sich auf Jiddisch an die… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Cahan — (Caoun, Cawn, Khahoon), in Ostindien = 16 Panas von Kaurimuscheln od. 1280 Kauris; der Werth variirt nach dem Marktpreise der Muscheln …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Cahan — 48° 51′ 35″ N 0° 26′ 31″ W / 48.8597222222, 0.441944444444 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cahan — is. <fars.> Dünya, aləm, kainat. Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam. Nəs.. Çıxdı günəş, doldu cahan nur ilə; Cütçü sürür tarlada cüt şur ilə. M. Ə. S.. Cahana gəlmək – dünyaya gəlmək, doğulmaq. Xoş gəlibdir xoş saatda cahana; Yox …   Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti

  • CAHAN, YAAKOV — (1881–1960), Hebrew poet. Cahan was born in Slutsk, Russia, and spent his childhood and youth in Poland, in the town of Zgierz, near Lodz. Cahan became a prolific writer and with his first poem, published at the age of 18 in Sefer ha Shanah,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • CAHAN, ABRAHAM — (1860–1951), editor, author, and socialist leader. Cahan, who was born in the town of Pabrade (Podberezye) near Vilna, seemed in many ways to incarnate the epic Jewish migration from Eastern Europe to America. Driven by a rare blend of common… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • CAHAN, JUDAH LOEB — (Yehude Leyb, Lewis; 1881–1937), U.S. Yiddish folklorist. Born in Vilna. Cahan compiled classic collections of Yiddish folksongs and folktales and wrote on the methodology of Yiddish folklore study and trained students in it. Associated with the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Cahan, Orne — is a village and commune in the Orne département of north western France.ee also*Communes of the Orne department …   Wikipedia

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