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LORAN¹

noun LORANs · Loran

  1. abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of long-range navigation During movement, LORAN was used only to augment and verify the accuracy of the GPS. Several companies that had specific missions at march objectives, though, used LORANs without GPS verification.

Loran²

Where it comes from

Two main origins:

* A variant of the Irish surname Loughran.

* Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.

proper noun Lorans

  1. A surname.

Loran³

noun Lorans

  1. Alternative letter-case form of LORAN

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"LORAN." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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LORAN. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/loran

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"LORAN." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loran.

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@misc{loran_2026,
  title = {LORAN},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}