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ranns

ranns is the plural of rann.

Meaning of rann

Noun

rann (plural ranns)

  1. A stanza of Irish poetry.
    • Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

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Proper noun capitalized: Ranns

Ranns

  1. (plural) plural of Rann

Questions about ranns

What is ranns the plural of?
Ranns is the plural of rann.
What part of speech is ranns?
Ranns is a proper noun.

Words near ranns in the dictionary

  1. rannigal
  2. rannigals
  3. Rannoch
  4. Rannoch Moor
  5. Rannock
  6. ranns
  7. ranny
  8. ranny-gazoo
  9. rannygazoo
  10. ranoid
  11. ranoids

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