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RN en · ADV · etymology 1

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of right now.
    alt of right now
    • I'm so tired RN.

Relateds

rn

Source: en.wiktionary, “RN” (adv), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

RN en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of registered nurse.

Forms

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RNs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

LPN

Hypernyms

nurse · person

Relateds

R.N.

wikidata: Q13608061

Source: en.wiktionary, “RN” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

RN en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Royal Navy.
    alt of Royal Navy
    • John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night.
    • 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. 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:
  2. Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president (1913-1994, served 1969-1974).

Coordinates

JFK · RCN · RNZN · LBJ · RAN

Relateds

RAF · RNZN · RCN · WRNS · RAN

Synonyms

RMN

wikidata: Q9588

Source: en.wiktionary, “RN” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

RN en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, uncountable) Abbreviation of Royal Italian ship, used as a ship prefix.
Source: en.wiktionary, “RN” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

RN en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Rio Grande do Norte: a state of Brazil.