Courant 356125 220977025 2008-06-22T14:08:04Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Wiktionary}} {{Confusing|date=January 2008}} '''Courant''' may mean several things. * Courant is a common word for "[[newspaper]]". In the 18th century, the term apparently spread from the [[Netherlands]] with publications like the ''[[Leeuwarder Courant]]''. [[England]] and [[United States|America]] also had newspapers called the Courant. [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s brother [[James Franklin (printer)|James]] began a ''[[New England Courant]]'' in Boston. ''[[The Hartford Courant]]'', founded in 1764, is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. {{Fact|date=April 2008}} *[[Courant, Charente-Maritime|Courant]], a [[commune in France|commune]] of the [[Charente-Maritime]] ''[[département in France|département]]'', [[France]] *[[Charge (heraldry)#Quadrupeds|Courant]], in [[heraldry]], signifying a running animal with all four paws raised * The [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] at [[New York University]] * Courant, an alternative spelling for the [[Baroque dance]] form, [[courante]]. ==People== * [[Richard Courant]], Mathematician {{disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[de:Courant]] [[fa:کورانت]] [[fr:Courant]]