Pan

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Pan or PAN may refer to:

Common meanings

Pan (cooking), a piece of cooking equipment
- Frying pan, a type of cooking pan
- Saucepan, a type of cooking pan
- Sauté pan, a type of cooking pan
Pan (god), a Greek deity, often depicted with specific goat features
Panning (camera), a film and photography technique in which the camera is swivelled horizontally from a fixed spot

Arts, entertainment, and media

Card games

Pan (game), a shedding card game of Polish origin
Panguingue or Pan, a gambling card game

Fictional characters

Pan (Dragon Ball), in Dragon Ball media
Peter Pan, created by James Barrie

Films

Pan (1922 film), a Norwegian film
Pan (1995 film), a Danish/Norwegian/German film
Pan (2015 film)

Literature and publishing

Pan (Hamsun novel), by Knut Hamsun. 1894.
Pan (Clune novel), by Michael Clune. 2025.
Pan (magazine) an arts and literary review
Pan Books, a publisher

Music

Musical instruments

Pan, short for steelpan, an acoustic instrument
Pan flute or pan pipes, a musical instrument

Groups and labels

Pan (band), a Filipino folk/punk rock band
PAN (record label), a record label and art platform
Pan, a Turkish band which performed "Bana Bana" at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest