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Oran

Oran proper noun: a city, port, and province of Algeria.

Proper noun (1)

Oran

  1. A city, port, and province of Algeria.
    • We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2024

Proper noun (2)

Oran

  1. A male given name from Irish.

Oran meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Persian

Oran in Hindi

port city in Algeria
ओरान orān

Oran in Urdu

port city in Algeria
وَہْران vahrān

Oran in Arabic

port city in Algeria
وَهْرَان wahrān

Oran in Persian

port city in Algeria
وهران vahrân

Origin of Oran

Ultimately Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), from a Berber term meaning "lion".

Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odur (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán).

Words formed from Oran

Questions about Oran

What does Oran mean?
Oran means a city, port, and province of Algeria.
What is Oran in Hindi?
Oran in Hindi is ओरान (orān). See Oran meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Oran?
Oran is a proper noun.

Words near Oran in the dictionary

  1. Oram
  2. Orama
  3. Oramas
  4. Oramases
  5. Orams
  6. Oran
  7. Oran Park
  8. oran-otan
  9. oran-otans
  10. oran-outang
  11. oran-outangs

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