Meaning

8 senses
  1. (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.

  2. A surname.

  3. A diminutive of the male given names Randall and Randolph.

  4. A number of places, other than in South Africa:

    A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1078).

  5. A small town in Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

  6. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.

  7. An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.

  8. A census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom believes the philosophy of Ayn Rand is truly objective.

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  2. Rand Paul is a self-certified ophthalmologist.

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  3. Ayn Rand took welfare when she got old, because she realized she was human and needed it.

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Origin

From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.

From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.

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Word family

1 related words
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See also

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