RN

See also: rn and Rn

Translingual

Symbol

RN

1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Niger.

   Synonyms: NE (for general use), NIG (1949 Convention)

Usage notes

• This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Niger is NE.

English

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RN

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Adverb

RN (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of right now.

   Alternative form: rn

   I'm so tired RN.

Noun

RN (plural RNs)

2. (healthcare) Initialism of registered nurse.

   Alternative form: R.N.

   Hypernyms: nurse < person

   Coordinate term: LPN

Proper noun

RN

1. (UK, military, nautical) Initialism of Royal Navy.

   Coordinate terms: RAN, RCN, RNZN

   John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night.

   • 1862, “Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London; Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting on the 26th May, 1862, by the Lord Ashburton, President”, in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London‎, volume 32, page civ-clxxii:

     A chart of Singapore, by Mr. John Richards, R.N., has recently been published by the Admiralty on the scale of 12 inches to a mile; it shows at a glance the docks, coal-wharfs, and other accommodation at that flourishing entrepôt of the trade of the East.

3. Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president (1913-1994, served 1969-1974).

   Synonym: RMN

   Coordinate terms: JFK, LBJ

Related terms

UK military

• RAF
• RAN
• RCN
• RNZN
• WRNS

Etymology 2

Borrowed from other languages:

• (Brazil): From Portuguese RN, from Rio Grande do Norte, from rio+norte.
• (Italy): From Italian RN, from Regia Nave, from regia (“royal”)+nave (“ship”).

Proper noun

RN

1. Initialism of Rio Grande do Norte: a state of Brazil.

Noun

RN (uncountable)

1. (nautical, military, historical, initialism) Abbreviation of Royal Italian ship, used as a ship prefix.

Anagrams

• NR, nr

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Proper noun

RN m

1. (French politics) abbreviation of Rassemblement national (“National Rally”)

Italian

Noun

RN f

1. (nautical, military, historical) RN: abbreviation of Regia Nave (“Royal Ship”), a ship of the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina)

   Synonyms: Regia Nave, Regia nave, regia nave

Descendants

• → English: RN

Portuguese

Proper noun

RN m

1. RN: initialism of Rio Grande do Norte: a state of Brazil

Descendants

• → English: RN

Further reading

• “RN”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025