Roan

Roan may refer to:

• a roan, 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
• Roan (color), a type of coat color in animals of intermixed white and darker-colored hairs
  • Roan (horse), the coat color in horses
  • Varnish roan, a leopard-complex horse coat color that looks similar to roan
• Roan Antelope, an African savanna antelope
• Roan (name), a personal name and surname
• 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

Places

• Old Roan railway station, a railway station in Aintree village, Merseyside, England
• Roan, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran
• 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 Plateau, an area in western Colorado, USA which contains a variety of natural resources and scenic terrain
• Roan, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

See also

Old Roan (disambiguation)