Rand

rand RAND rând English Etymology From en af rand, from en en rand; compare en rand. Pronunciation en ænd 1 Noun * en rand (the currency of south Africa) Proper noun 1 en South Africa The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg. Derived terms en Randlord Randite Proper noun en. en male Randall,Randolph. en Jacob Sullum Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions Reason (magazine) Reason https://reason.com/2025/09/16/brendan-carr-and-ted-cruz-dont-think-charlie-kirks-murder-justifies-speech-restrictions/ 2025-09-16 In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter. https://web.archive.org/web/20260318094541/https://reason.com/2025/09/16/brendan-carr-and-ted-cruz-dont-think-charlie-kirks-murder-justifies-speech-restrictions/ 18 March 2026 A number of places, other than in South Africa: en village/and/cpar in dist/West Lindsey co/Lincolnshire cc/England OS grid ref TF1078. Parish map (Lincolnshire) en small town carea:suf/Federation southern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/Colorado c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Kaufman County s/Texas c/USA. en CDP co/Kanawha County s/West Virginia c/USA. Derived terms en Randian en Randianism en Randite en Randroid See also en rant References Anagrams en adnr DNAR DNRA Nard andr- darn nard rDNA rdna Estonian Etymology From et rand beach. Proper noun et German Etymology From de gmh rant, from de goh rant, from de gem-pro *randō, which according to Duden is related to gem-pro *hramō framework.Rand_Einfassung Rand Pokorny prefers a derivation from de ine-pro *h₁rem- to rest.864 rem Cognate with en rand. Pronunciation de /ʁant/ de ant 1 de De-Rand.ogg de De-Rand2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,(e)s,^er edge, brink, rim outer part of something ledge, margin de am Rande in the margin skin (layer of solid matter that forms on top of a liquid in a vessel) de In der Flasche hat sich ein Rand gebildet. A skin has formed in the bottle. Declension m,(e)s,^er Related terms de Randbedingung Randgebiet Randlage Randstreifen Randverstärkung Randverzierung Ackerrand Dorfrand Feldrand Felsrand Fensterrand Hosenrand Kleberand Lupenrand Meeresrand Stadtrand Stoffrand Teppichrand Tischrand Uferrand Waldrand Descendants csb rańt 1 See also de Kante References Further reading Hunsrik Etymology From hrx gmh rant, from hrx goh rant, from hrx gem-pro *randō, which according to Duden is related to gem-pro *hramō framework.Rand_Einfassung Rand Pokorny prefers a derivation from hrx ine-pro *h₁rem- to rest.864 rem Pronunciation hrx /rant/ Noun m Renner edge, brink, rim outer part of something margin References Further reading Luxembourgish Pronunciation lb /ʀɑnt/ lb ɑnt 1 Etymology 1 From lb gmh rant, from lb goh rant, from lb gem-pro *randō, which according to Duden is related to gem-pro *hramō framework.Rand_Einfassung Rand Pokorny prefers a derivation from lb ine-pro *h₁rem- to rest.864 rem Noun m Ränner edge, border margin (e.g. of a page) Synonyms edge lb Bord, lb Kant References Etymology 2 From lb gmh rint, from lb goh rind. Noun n Ranner Rëndchen a bovine mammal, for example a cow or ox