Yap (disambiguation)

Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It may also refer to:

Places

• Yap State, in the Federated States of Micronesia
• Yapen, island in Indonesia
• Yapen Islands Regency, regency in Papua province, Indonesia

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

• New Azerbaijan Party (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası)
• Yap International Airport, by IATA airport code
• Yap (slang); someone who talks too much, especially without significant meaning.
• Yap, a Marvel Comics character and member of Technet

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
• Yap Weng Wah (born 1983), Malaysian serial sex offender and hebephile
• Arthur Yap (1943–2006), Singaporean poet
• Arthur Yap (politician) (born 1965), Filipino politician
• James Yap (born 1982), Filipino professional basketball player
• John Yap (born 1959), British Columbia politician
• Kenny Yap, executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation
• Miranda Yap (1948–2015), chemical engineer
• Pedro Yap (1918–2003), Chief Justice of the Philippines
• Richard Yap (born 1967), Filipino actor and businessman
• Roger Yap (born 1977), Filipino professional basketball player
• Tim Yap (born 1977), Filipino actor, TV and radio host

See also

• Yapese language
• Yapp
• Yong (disambiguation)