Aran

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aran

  1. An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
    • 2007, Hugo Hamilton, The Harbor Boys: A Memoir, page 147:
      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 degrees
  2. The barony which contains these islands.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

Aran (uncountable)

  1. The weight, or thickness of yarn.

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aran

  1. Alternative form of Arran (a region of eastern Transcaucasia)

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aran m

  1. Synonym of Vall d'Aran

Etymology 2[edit]

From Biblical Hebrew הָרָן (Hārān).

Proper noun[edit]

Aran m

  1. (biblical) Haran

Welsh[edit]

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aran m

  1. a male given name transferred from the place name
  2. a set of mynyddoedd (mountains) in Gwynedd

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Aran unchanged unchanged Haran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 18 of 192