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

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; USN

   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^[1], 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.

2. Initialism of Rio Grande do Norte, a state of Brazil.
4. Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president (1913-1994, served 1969-1974).

   Coordinate terms: JFK, LBJ

Related terms

• (UK military): RAF, RAN, RCN, RNZN, WRNS

Anagrams

• NR, nr

French

Proper noun

RN m

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

RN m

1. initialism of Rio Grande do Norte, a state of Brazil