Courant
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- Courant was a common word for "newspaper" in the 18th century, apparently spreading from the Netherlands (for example the Leeuwarder Courant), where it is still widely used, and then to England and America. Benjamin Franklin's brother James began a New England Courant in Boston. The Hartford Courant, founded in 1764, is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
- Courant is a commune of the Charente-Maritime département, in France.
- Courant is also an alternative spelling for the Baroque dance form courante.
- Last names
- Courant can be a last name, see the mathematician Richard Courant.
- Maurice Courant (1865-1935), French orientalist
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