Courant

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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 America also had newspapers called the Courant. 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Courant, a commune of the Charente-Maritime département, France
• 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.

[edit] People

• Richard Courant, Mathematician