What is "dinan"

Dinan is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France.

Dinan may refer to:

• Daniel J. Dinan (born 1929), Special Trial Judge of the United States Tax Court
• David de Dinan or David of Dinant (1160–1217), pantheistic philosopher
• Desmond Dinan, (born 1957), Irish academic and Jean Monnet Professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy, in Arlington, Virginia
• Josce de Dinan (died 1166), Anglo-Norman nobleman at the time of the civil war between King Stephen of England and his cousin Matilda

• Dinan, walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France
• Arrondissement of Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor département, in the Brittany région
• Château de Dinan in the town of Dinan, in the Côtes-d'Armor département of the Brittany region of France
• Thoiré-sur-Dinan, commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France

• Battle of Dinan, late 11th century, William of Normandy invited the future King of England to aid him in fighting Conan II of Brittany
• Dinan Cars designs and manufactures aftermarket performance parts for BMW and MINI automobiles
• Dinan-Léhon FC, French football club in the Bretagne region
• Khorram-Dinan or Khurramites, Iranian religious and political movement with its roots in the movement founded by Mazdak