"RCN" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RCN
  1. (Canada, military, nautical) Initialism of Royal Canadian Navy, predecessor of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (CF MARCOM), being the Canadian navy and royal under the British Crown. Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Royal Canadian Navy (extra: (CF MARCOM), being the Canadian navy and royal under the British Crown), predecessor of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (extra: (CF MARCOM), being the Canadian navy and royal under the British Crown) Categories (topical): Military, Nautical
    Sense id: en-RCN-en-name-qwzZZ7-q Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
  2. (UK, medicine) Initialism of Royal College of Nursing, a registered trade union for nursing. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Royal College of Nursing (extra: a registered trade union for nursing) Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-RCN-en-name-5T1I2qdB Categories (other): British English Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: RCAF, RN, RAN, RNZN
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