What is "pekan"

Pekan \Pek"an\, n. [F. pekan.] (Zo["o]l.) See Fisher, 2.

n. The fisher cat, the fisher (''Martes pennanti''), or the marten ((taxlink Martes americana species noshow=1)).

n. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal [syn: fisher, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti]

Pekan is a federal constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Pahang Timor constituency in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Pekan may refer to:

• Pekan District
• Pekan (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat
• Pekan (state constituency), formerly represented in the Pahang State Council (1955–59)
• Bandar Pekan (state constituency), formerly represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (1974–86)