Gran may refer to:
People
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Grandmother
Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maxi ...
, affectionately known as "gran"
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Gran (name)
Places
* Gran, the historical German name for
Esztergom, a city and the primatial metropolitan see of Hungary
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Gran, Norway, a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway
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Gran (village), a village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway
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Grän, a municipality in the state of Tyrol, Austria
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Gran (island), an island in Nordanstig Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden
Spanish language
In
Spanish Gran means "Great" or "Greater", and may refer to:
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Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...
, an island of the Canary Islands, Spain
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Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), also known as Greater Colombia and officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish language, Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and parts of Central ...
, a modern name for a former South American country called Colombia
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Gran Sabana, a natural region in Venezuela
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Gran Chaco, a South American lowland natural region
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Gran Asunción (Greater Asunción), Paraguay
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Gran Chimú Province, a province of La Libertad Region of Peru
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Gran Torre Santiago, a skyscraper in Santiago, Chile
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Big Brother (franchise)
''Big Brother'' is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally. The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" ...
, called "Gran Hermano" in Hispanic countries
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La Gran Cruzada, a professional Mexican wrestling event
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Gran Campo Nevado, a small ice field in Chile
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Gran Pajatén
Gran Pajatén is an archaeological site located in the Andes, Andean cloud forests of Peru, on the border of the La Libertad region and the San Martín region, between the Marañón River, Marañon and Huallaga rivers. The archaeological site lie ...
, an archaeological site located in the Andean cloud forests of Peru
Other
* Gran Brigitte, another name for
Maman Brigitte
Maman Brigitte ( English: ''Mother Brigitte'') sometimes also written as Manman Brigitte and also known by Gran Brigitte, Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, and Maman Brijit is a death loa (or ''lwa'') and the consort of Baron Samedi in Ha ...
* Widely used, predominantly British, abbreviation for
grandmother
Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maxi ...
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''Gran'' (TV series), a 1983 children's animation series
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Gran plot
A Gran plot (also known as Gran titration or the Gran method) is a common means of standardizing a titrate or titrant by estimating the ''equivalence volume'' or '' end point'' in a strong acid-strong base titration
Titration (also known as ...
, a graphing technique in analytical chemistry developed by Gustav Gran
* Ruth "Gran" Sims, a character in the Australian mockumentary series ''
Angry Boys
''Angry Boys'' is an Australian television mockumentary sitcom miniseries written by and starring Chris Lilley, continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series. In ''Angry Boys'', Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an Americ ...
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Gran (''Star Wars''), a fictional alien species in the ''Star Wars'' franchise
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KM-8 Gran
KM-8 Gran, (КМ-8 "Грань" - ''"Borderline"''), is a Russian 120mm guided mortar weapon system. It uses the Malakhit semi-active laser guidance fire control system to perform top attacks, and is able to attack moving and stationary targ ...
See also
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Gran Turismo (disambiguation)
Gran Turismo may refer to:
Cars
* Grand tourer, a type of car for long distance
* Gran Turismo, or grand touring racing, long distance endurance racing (motorsport)
* Gran Turismo, or GT racing, circuit competition for Gran Turismo sports cars
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Gran Via (disambiguation)
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Grand (disambiguation)
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma, USA
* Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre
* Grand County (disambiguation) ...
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