Roan

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Roan may refer to: a roan is a valley that curves upward.

• Battle of Roan's Tan Yard, an action during the American Civil War
• John Roan school, a comprehensive secondary school in Blackheath, South-East London
  • Old Roan F.C., a football club based at the John Roan School Playing Fields
• Roan (color), a type of coat color in horses, and occasionally, dogs
  • Varnish roan, a horse coat color similar to roan
• Roan Antelope, an African savanna antelope
• Roan Fel, a fictional character in the Star Wars expanded universe
• Roan Lands, a character from Star Wars
• The Secret of Roan Inish, an independent film directed by John Sayles, released widely in 1994
• USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) (1946-1973), a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy
• "Strawberry Roan", a song about a horse of that color, by Marty Robbins

[edit] People

• Charles H. Roan (1923-1944), United States Marine who sacrificed his life during World War II, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

[edit] Places

• Old Roan railway station, a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England
• Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands), a mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border
• Roan Cliffs, disambiguation
• Roan Creek, rises on the Tennessee and North Carolina border, in Johnson County, Tennessee
• Roan Mountain, Tennessee, a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee, United States
• Roan Mountain State Park, located in East Tennessee along the Tennessee-North Carolina border
• Roan, Norway, a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag
• Roan, a character in Grandia II