Baran
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Baran may refer to
- An ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
surname (archaic: Baranello) - A PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
word meaning 'rainfall' - A Persian given name
- A KurdishKurdish languageKurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....
name meaning 'rain' - A PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
surname (archaic feminine: Baranowa, plural Baranowie) - A PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
word for 'ram' - A RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
word for 'ram' or 'lamb' - A plastic divider found in prepared boxes of sushiSushiis a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients . Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari...
, often resembling green grass.
Places
- Baran, ArdabilBaran, Ardabil-References:*...
, a settlement in Iran - Baran, PakistanBaran, PakistanBaran is a village that ranges from the Sindh to Balochistan provinces of Pakistan, at the foot of the Kirthar Mountains range.The population is approximated to be less than ten thousand with the 95% population being the Gabol Baloch tribe with Sardar Nabil Ahmed Khan Gabol as the tribal head...
- Baran DistrictBaran districtBaran District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Baran is the district headquarters.The district has an area of 6955.4 km², and a population of 1,021,653...
in the state of Rajasthan in India - Baran, RajasthanBaran, RajasthanBaran is a city and a municipality in Baran district in the state of Rajasthan, India,located near Kota-Geography:Baran is located at . It has an average elevation of 262 metres .-Demographics:...
, a city in Baran District - NoyemberyanNoyemberyanNoyemberyan is a city in northeast of Armenia in the Tavush province. It is located on the river Koghb, 187 km from Yerevan and in 22 km from railway station Ayrum, on the Yerevan-Tbilisi route...
, Armenia, formerly called Baran - Baran, Lublin VoivodeshipBaran, Lublin VoivodeshipBaran is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Firlej, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...
(east Poland) - Baran, Świętokrzyskie VoivodeshipBaran, Swietokrzyskie VoivodeshipBaran is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mniów, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Mniów and north-west of the regional capital Kielce....
(south-central Poland)
Given name
- Baran Duman (born 1993), Dutch soccer player
- Baran KosariBaran KosariBaran Kosari is a Crystal Simorgh winning Iranian actress. She is the daughter of director Rakhshan Bani Etemad, and film producer Jahangir Kosari.-Biography:...
(born 1985), Iranian actress - Baaraan Ijlal (Indian Artist)
Surname
- Bernard BaranBernard BaranBernard F. Baran, Jr. was the first day care worker to be convicted in the day care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s and 1990s that was spawned by the McMartin preschool trial. Unlike other day care cases, the Baran case garnered little national press coverage...
(born 1965), subject of the documentary film Freeing Bernie BaranFreeing Bernie BaranFreeing Bernie Baran is an independent documentary feature film produced by Daniel Alexander and Tom Opferman. The film chronicles the 25 year span from 1984 to 2009 in the criminal court case of “The Commonwealth of Massachusetts versus Bernard F...
. - Martin BaranMartin BaranMartin Baran is a Slovak football central defender or defensive midfielder who currently plays for the Slovak Corgoň Liga club 1. FC Tatran Prešov, on loan from Kasımpaşa S.K..- Career :...
(born 1988), Slovak football player - Paul BaranPaul BaranPaul Baran was a Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks.He invented packet switching techniques, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of the Internet and other modern digital...
(born 1926), American inventor of packet switching - Paul A. BaranPaul A. BaranPaul Alexander Baran was an American economist known for his Marxist views. In 1951 Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University and Baran was the only tenured Marxist economist in the United States until his death in 1964...
(1910-1964), American economist - Stanisław Baran {1920–1993), Polish soccer player
- Witold BaranWitold BaranWitold Stanisław Baran is a retired middle distance champion runner from Poland.-References:* *...
(born 1939), Polish middle distance runner
Arts and literature
- Baran (film)Baran (film)Baran is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi, based on an original script by Majid Majidi. The movie is set during recent times in which there are a large number of Afghan refugees living on the outskirts of Tehran...
, by Majid Majidi, released in 2001 - Baran (House of Bëor), a character in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien