RAN

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RAN may refer to:

• Radio access network, a part of a mobile telecommunication system
• Rainforest Action Network
• Ran (gene) (RAs-related Nuclear protein), also known as GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran, a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAN gene
• Ran (Sufism), a concept of Sufism
• RAN translation (Repeat Associated Non-AUG translation), an irregular mode of mRNA translation
• Ran Online (stylized as RAN Online), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Min Communications, Inc.
• RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series)
• Rapid automatized naming, a predictor of reading ability
• Ravenna Airport, an airport in Ravenna, Italy by IATA code
• Régie du Chemin de Fer Abidjan-Niger, a railway in French West Africa, linking Côte d'Ivoire to Upper Volta (now called Burkina Faso)
• Remote Area Nurse, in Australia
• Royal Australian Navy, the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force
• Rugby Americas North, the administrative body of rugby union in North America and the Caribbean
• Russian Academy of Sciences (transliteration of its Russian acronym Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk)
• RAN (Indonesian group)