Oran

See also: oran, orán, Orán, órán, and òran

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Oran

1. A city, port, and province of Algeria.

Translations

port city in Algeria

• Arabic: وَهْرَان f (wahrān)
• Azerbaijani: Vəhran
• Catalan: Orà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧蘭／奥兰 (zh) (Àolán)

• French: Oran (fr) m
• Galician: Orán m
• Hungarian: Orán (hu)
• Italian: Orano (it) m
• Japanese: オラン (Oran)
• Kabyle: ⵡⴻⵂⵔⴰⵏ (Wehran)
• Occitan: Oran m
• Persian: وهران (vahrân)
• Polish: Oran (pl) m
• Russian: Ора́н m (Orán)
• Spanish: Orán (es) m
• Tajik: Ваҳрон (Vahron)
• Urdu: وَہْران (vahrān)
• Uzbek: Vahron

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Oran

1. A male given name from Irish.

Anagrams

• Arno, Aron, NRAO, Nora, Rona, roan, rona

Polish

Oran

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ran/

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• Rhymes: -ɔran
• Syllabification: O‧ran

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وهران.

Proper noun

Oran m inan (related adjective orański)

1. Oran (a city in Algeria)

Declension

Declension of Oran

	singular
nominative	Oran
genitive	Oranu
dative	Oranowi
accusative	Oran
instrumental	Oranem
locative	Oranie
vocative	Oranie

Derived terms

nouns

• oranka
• orańczyk

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Oran nvir

1. genitive plural of Orany

Further reading

• Oran in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oran in PWN's encyclopedia

Turkish

Proper noun

Oran

1. a male given name