Raz

Raz may refer to:

Geography

France

Raz is an alternative spelling for ras "strong sea current", now dated, but still in the expression raz-de-marée "tidal wave". It is from Norman ras, itself from Old Norse rás like race in English.

• Pointe du Raz, the western point of the commune of Plogoff, Finistère,
• Raz de Bannes or raz d'Urville, strong current off Urville-Nacqueville in Manche département, Basse Normandie,
• Raz de Barfleur, strong current at Pointe de Barfleur off Barfleur, Manche département, Basse Normandie,
• Raz Blanchard (Race of Alderney), strong tide current between La Hague and Alderney,
• Raz de la Percée, strong current at Pointe de la Percée off Englesqueville-la-Percée in Calvados, Basse-Normandie,
• Raz de Sein, a stretch of water located between the Isle of Sein and the Pointe du Raz in Finistère in the Brittany region of France.

Iran

• Raz, Iran, a city in North Khorasan Province, Iran
• Raz, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
• Raz, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Raz, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
• Raz Galleh, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Raz Malek, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Raz Rural District, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran

People

• Aviad Raz, Israeli sociologist
• Joseph Raz, legal, moral and political philosopher
• Kavi Raz, Indian-British actor
• Nahman Raz
• Ruhama Raz

RAZ

• Revolutionäre Aktionszellen (Revolutionary Action Cells), a Communist militant group in Germany

See also

• Razputin ("Raz" for short), the protagonist of the video game Psychonauts
• Razz (disambiguation)
• Ras (disambiguation)
• Rez (disambiguation)