What is "siwan"

Siwan may refer to

• Sivan, a month of the Hebrew calendar
• Siwan, Xichuan County (寺湾镇), a town in Xichuan County, Henan, China
• Siwan District, in the state of Bihar, India
• Siwan, Bihar, the headquarters of the district
• Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency), a parliamentary constituency in Bihar, India
• The Welsh form of Joan (first name)
  • Siwan or Joan, Lady of Wales, the wife and consort of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales
• Siwan (play), by Saunders Lewis
• Sewant, beads used as a currency by Native Americans
• Siwan (album), a musical orchestra project by Jon Balke, and featuring Amina Alaoui

• , a railway junction station in the state of Bihar, India.

Siwan is a play written in the Welsh language by Saunders Lewis, first produced in 1956. The first English language translation of the play (sometimes known by the alternative title The King of England’s Daughter) appeared in 1960.

The play is based on historical events and centres on Joan, Lady of Wales, the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and her marriage to Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (also known as Llywelyn Fawr or Llywelyn the Great). It is set at the royal home at Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast of Gwynedd at Easter in 1230. In the play William de Braose, a young Marcher Lord, is discovered with Siwan in Llywelyn's bedchamber. De Braose is hanged for adultery.

In Saunders Lewis' earlier work including the play Blodeuwedd (1948), he had been increasingly using the themes and characters of Welsh myths and historical events as the inspiration for his work. He continued the use of medieval romantic themes in Siwan which also deals with adultery, but in contrast to Blodeuwedd also involves the themes of reconciliation, forgiveness, and marital harmony.

Siwan together with Blodeuwedd (play) are considered as the "canonical examples of Welsh language drama" and are regularly performed in Welsh theatres and on Welsh-language radio and television.

Siwan is a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Siwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. In Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015, Siwan will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

Siwan is an album by pianist Jon Balke recorded in 2007/08 and released on the ECM label in 2009.