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Aran en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæɹən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A medium weight of yarn.

Forms

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Aran en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæɹən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

Meanings

  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 degrees 2007, Hugo Hamilton, The Harbor Boys: A Memoir, page 147:
  2. The barony which contains these islands.

Deriveds

Aran jumper · Aran weight

Translations (4)

gv Aran (archipelago off the west coast of Ireland) · ga Oileáin Árann (archipelago off the west coast of Ireland) · pt Ilhas Aran (archipelago off the west coast of Ireland) · ga Árainn (archipelago off the west coast of Ireland)

Aran en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Arran (“a region of eastern Transcaucasia”).
    alt of Arran