Yap (disambiguation)

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Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, part of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Yap is also a Hakka and Minnan romanization of Ye (surname), a common surname in Asia

People with the surname

• Yap Ah Loy (1837–1885), founder of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Yap Kwan Seng (1846–1902), the last Chinese kapitan of Kuala Lumpur
• Yap Thiam Hien (1913–1989), Indonesian human rights advocate
• Pedro Yap (1918–2003), Chief Justice of the Philippines
• Arthur Yap (1943–2006), Singaporean poet
• Arthur Yap (politician) (born 1965), Filipino politician
• John Yap (born 1959), British Columbia politician
• Richard Yap (born 1967), Filipino actor and businessman
• James Yap (born 1982), Filipino professional basketball player
• Roger Yap (born 1977), Filipino ptofessional basketball player
• Kenny Yap, executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation
• Lope Yap, San Francisco-based film director and special effects producer
• Miranda Yap, chemical engineer

Science and technology

• Yap (company), an American technology company acquired by Amazon.com
• YAP (genetics), a mutation on the Y chromosome
• YAP (Prolog), an implementation of the Prolog programming language
• Yet Another Previewer, a computer program to view DVI and PostScript files

Other

• Yap International Airport, by IATA airport code
• New Azerbaijan Party, (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası)
• Yap, a bark made by small dogs

See also

• Yapese language
• Yapp
• Yong (disambiguation)