- Baran
Baran may refer to:
* A Persian word meaning 'rainfall'
* A Persian given name
* A Kurdish name meaning 'rain'
* A Polish surname (archaic feminine: Baranowa, plural Baranowie)
* Russian word for 'ram' or 'lamb'
* Plastic divider found in prepared boxes ofsushi . Often resembles green grass.Places
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Baran District in the state of Rajasthan in India
*Baran, Rajasthan , a city in Baran District
*Noyemberyan , Armenia, formerly called "Baran"
*Baran, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
*Baran, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)People
Given name
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Baran Faruqi (born 1965), Eminent English-Urdu scholar & translator
*Baran Kosari (born 1985), Iranian actressurname
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Paul Baran (born 1926), American inventor of packet switching
*Paul A. Baran (1910-1964), American economist
*Stanisław Baran , Polish soccer player,
*Witold Baran (born 1939), Polish middle distance runner
* Baran Duman (born 1993), Dutch soccer playerArts and literature
* "Baran" (film), by Majid Majidi, released in 2001
*Baran (House of Bëor) , a character in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
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