"RAN" meaning in English

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Proper name

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Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RAN
  1. (Australia, military, nautical) Initialism of Royal Australian Navy Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Royal Australian Navy Related terms: RAAF, RN, RCN, RNZN
    Sense id: en-RAN-en-name-NzPIZREB Categories (other): Australian English, Military, Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

Noun

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  1. Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: radio access network (extra: the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network)
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