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Aran

/ˈæɹən/

Aran proper noun: an archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands. Also the alternative form of Arran.

Proper noun

Aran

  1. An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
    • The first thing we noticed going out to Aran was the light. It was coming from the opposite direction and felt strange. To us living in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland, the world seemed to be turned around a full hundred and eighty degrees2007, Hugo Hamilton, The Harbor Boys: A Memoir, page 147
  2. The barony which contains these islands.

Noun

Aran (countable and uncountable, plural Arans)

  1. A medium weight of yarn.

Also used as

Aran is also the alternative form of Arran.

Forms of Aran

pluralArans

Origin of Aran

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

Words formed from Aran

Phrases with Aran

Words that rhyme with Aran

Questions about Aran

What does Aran mean?
Aran means an archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
What part of speech is Aran?
Aran can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Aran?
Aran is pronounced /ˈæɹən/.

Words near Aran in the dictionary

  1. Aramæa
  2. Aramæan
  3. Aramæans
  4. Aramæism
  5. Aramæisms
  6. Aran
  7. Aran jumper
  8. Aran jumpers
  9. Aran weight
  10. Aran weights
  11. Arana

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