Ran

Ran, ran, RaN and/or RAN may refer to:

In film and television:
* RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series) was a 2006 Australian TV series
* "Ran" (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
* (Ran), a character with no additional name in the Japanese television anime Urusei Yatsura
* "Tsukikage Ran", both the name of an anime, and the name of its title character
* Rachel Moore, also called Ran Mori, a fictional character in the manga "Case Closed" (known as "Detective Conan" in Japan)
* Ran Kotobuki, a fictional character in the shōjo manga "Gals!"
* Ran (Shugo Chara!), a fictional character in the manga series "Shugo Chara!" by Peach-Pit
* Ran, a fictional character in the sprite comic Bob and George who is known for dying at the slightest tap and being respawned again.

In people and culture:
* Rán, an ancient Norse goddess
* A tribe in Arunachal Pradesh region of India
* Ran Ito, a member of the 1970s Japanese pop idol group, "Candies"
* Ran, a popular character from the Megaman sprite comic "Bob and George"
* Ran Hibiki, a character from the "Rival Schools" video game series
* Ran Yakumo, a character from the "Touhou Project" scrolling shooters

RAN (a three letter acronym) may refer to:
* Radio access network, part of a mobile telecommunications system
* Royal Australian Navy
* Remote Area Nurse
* Rainforest Action Network, an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, USA.
* Return Authorization Number

RaN may refer to:
* Nissim of Gerona, Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven
* Remote Asynchronous Node Hardware Equipment used by Legacy Serial Based Star Networks.

Other uses:
* Ran (biology), a small GTPase that is involved in import and export within a cell nucleus as well as mitosis
* "Ran Online", an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game)
*Russian Academy of Sciences (transliteration of its Russian acronym "Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk")
*Russian Assembly of Nobility

ee also

RAN

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