Yap (disambiguation)

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Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean.

Yap may also refer to:

  • Yap State, in the Federated States of Micronesia

Science and technology[]

  • 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[]

People with the name[]

  • 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

See also[]

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