Rand
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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.
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Variant of randAlternative letter-case form of rand (the currency of south Africa)
Etymology
From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.
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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.
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A surname.
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A diminutive of the male given names Randall or Randolph.
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.
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A number of places, other than in South Africa: A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1078).
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A number of places, other than in South Africa: A small town in Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
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A number of places, other than in South Africa: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.
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A number of places, other than in South Africa: An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
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A number of places, other than in South Africa: A census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
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