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Ran

//ɹæn// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Royal Australian Navy Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. 3
    A female given name from Japanese.
  4. 4
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch. uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of run form-of, past
  2. 2
    simple past of rin form-of, past
  3. 3
    past participle of run colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past

    "[…]rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention,[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew רָן (ran).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese らん/蘭.

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