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Kiran (given name) Kiran (Devanagari: किरण) is an Indian given name. It originates in the Sanskrit word ', meaning "ray" or "ray of light" or "beam of light". Other names that sound like Kiran are Kira, Kirwan, Ciaran, Keiran and Kieran. Notable people ...

, an Indian given name used for men or women (including a list of persons with the name) * Kiran, an anglicised variant of the Gaelic given name

Ciarán Ciarán (Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ''ciar'' ("black", "dark"). ...

People

* ''Kiran'', pseudonym of the Indian writer

Kanchinath Jha Kanchinath Jha "Kiran" ( '; 1906–1989) was an Indian Maithili-language writer. His poetry was representative of the new modernist spirit in Maithili literature after the Second World War. In addition to essays and articles, he wrote novels (lik ...

Sashi Kiran Sashi Kiran is a Fijian politician, social entrepreneur and activist, who since December 2022 has served as the Assistant Minister of Woman, Children and Poverty Alleviation. She is a member of the National Federation Party. She is the founder a ...

, Fijian founder and director of non-profit community organisation

Places

Kirən Kiran (also Kira and Kiren) is a village in the Tovuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country loc ...

, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan * ''Kiran'', a spelling variant of Karan, which may refer to several place names in Iran, see

Karan, Iran (disambiguation) Karan or Karran or Korran or Keran ( fa, كران), also rendered as Kiran, may refer to: * Karan-e Bozorg, Khalkhal, Ardabil Province * Karan-e Bozorg, Nir, Ardabil Province * Korran, Kerman * Karan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari * Karan, Razavi Khoras ...

Kiran, Sri Lanka Kiran ( ta, கிரான் Kirāṉ) is a town in the Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka. It is located 25 km north-west of the district capital Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; ...

, a town in Sri Lanka *

Kiran, Republic of Buryatia Kiran (russian: Киран; bua, Хираан, ''Khiraan'') is a rural locality (a selo) in Kyakhtinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 187 as of 2010. There are 2 streets. Geography Kiran is located 28 km east of Ky ...

, a small town in Buryatia, Russia

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Kiran fonts Kiran ( mr, किरण) is a free Devanagari typeface and a non-Unicode clip font created by Kiran Bhave first released in 1999. History In 1999 Kiran Bhave could not find a suitable font for typing Marathi that was free after considerable sea ...

, a Devanagari typeface and font *

HAL Kiran The HAL HJT-16 Kiran ("Ray of light") is an Indian two-seat intermediate jet-powered trainer aircraft designed and manufactured by aircraft company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Kiran was developed at the behest of the Indian Air Forc ...

, an Indian aircraft * ''Kiran'' (serial), a 2017 Pakistani television drama serial that aired on Geo Entertainment *

Kiran (college festival) Kishinchand Chellaram College, commonly known as KC College, is a higher educational Autonomous institution in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the HSNC University.It was the first college to be awarded an "A" grade by The Nati ...

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Artocarpus odoratissimus ''Artocarpus odoratissimus'' is a species of flowering plant in the Moraceae family. It is a commonly called marang, madang, timadang, terap, tarap, kiran, green pedalai, or johey oak. It is native to Borneo, Palawan, and Mindanao Island, and ...

'', a tropical plant sometimes known as kiran

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