Yap (disambiguation)
Appearance
Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Yap State, in the Federated States of Micronesia
- Yapen, island in Indonesia
- Yapen Islands Regency, regency in Papua province, Indonesia
Science and technology
[edit]- Yap (company), an American technology company acquired by Amazon
- YAP (genetics), a mutation on the Y chromosome
- YAP (Prolog), an implementation of the Prolog programming language
- YAP (protein), a transcriptional co-activator
- Yet Another Previewer, a computer program to view DVI and PostScript files
Other
[edit]- New Azerbaijan Party, (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası)
- Yap International Airport, by IATA airport code
- Yap, a bark made by small dogs
People with the name
[edit]- Yap (surname), Hakka and Minnan romanization of the common Asian surname Ye
- 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 professional basketball player
- Kenny Yap, executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation
- Miranda Yap (1948–2015), chemical engineer
- Yap Weng Wah (born 1983), Malaysian serial sex offender and hebephile