- Gran
Gran may refer to:
*Widely used, predominantly British abbreviation for
grandmother (also granny)
*Esztergom , a city in and former capital and present primas of Hungary, is best known by its historical German name Gran
*Gran, Norway
*The German word for grain, and hence a traditional German unit for weight, varying in value, but around 60 milligrams.
*Prenominal form of the adjective "grande" 'big, large, great' in Italian and Spanish. This form appears in a number of names of places or political entities, such as "Gran Paradiso " and "Gran Sasso " in Italy, "Gran Chaco " of South America, "La Gran Sabana " 'Great Savannah' of Venezuela, or the "Gran Colombia " 'Great(er) Colombia' established by Bolívar.
*Gran (TV series) children's animation from the early 80's, from the directors of "Postman Pat ",Ivor Wood &John Cunliffe .
*Gran, an alien race in "Star Wars "
*Gran (Colorimater) an instrument for measuring the color of diamonds developed by Paul Gran.
*Gran plot : a graphing technique in analytical chemistry developed by Gunnar Gran.
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