Rand

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Rand may refer to:

Money and business

  • South African rand, the nation's unit of currency
  • Krugerrand, South African gold coin
  • Reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing, type of licensing used in the context of standardisation processes
  • Rand formula, formula in Canadian labour law
  • Randlord, term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase
  • Sperry Rand, an American technology company

Places

  • Rand, New South Wales, small town in Australia
  • Rand, Lincolnshire, small village in Lincolnshire, England
  • Brussels Periphery (Flemish territory around the city called Rand rond Brussel in Dutch, commonly shortened to de Rand)

South Africa

  • Witwatersrand, escarpment running through Gauteng region, South Africa; commonly shortened to the Rand (die Rand in Afrikaans), and associated urban area (Greater Johannesburg)
    • East Rand, urban eastern part of the Witwatersrand
    • West Rand, urban western part of the Witwatersrand
  • Randburg, area in Gauteng province
  • Midrand, area in Gauteng province
  • Randfontein, a town in Gauteng province

United States

  • Randsburg, California
  • Rand, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado
  • Rand, Texas, an unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas
  • Rand, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia

People

  • Rand (given name)
  • Rand (surname)
  • Ayn Rand, Russian-American novelist and philosopher
  • Rand Paul, American politician and physician.
  • Rand (Robotech), character from the fictional Third Robotech War
  • Rand al'Thor, main protagonist in The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
  • Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer

Organizations

Science and technology

Topics referred to by the same term
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