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Arran en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈæɹən/

Etymology

Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay. Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Isle of Arran, Scotland.
   alt of Isle of Arran
   alt of Scotland
2. A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage.
3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland)
5. A male given name from Tamil.

Deriveds

Arran brown · Arran-Elderslie

Synonyms

Arranmore

Translations (3)

ru А́рран (Isle of Arran) · pt Arran (Isle of Arran) · gd Eilean Arainn (Isle of Arran)

Arran en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Derived from Middle Persian *ʾldʾn (/⁠arrān⁠/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭃𐭀𐭍 (ʾrdʾn /⁠ardān⁠/). Ultimately from an unknown source, underlying also Old Armenian Աղուանք (Ałuankʻ) and Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Meanings

1. (historical) In post-Islamic times, a region of eastern Transcaucasia, lying between the Rivers Kura and Araxes, in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, corresponding to the territory of Caucasian Albania on the right bank of the River Kura which was disattached from Greater Armenia in 387 AD. In pre-Islamic times, the term was used for the whole of Caucasian Albania.

Forms

Translations (8)

ar الرَّان (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · fa اران (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · ka არანი (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · ar أَرَّان (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · ota آران (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · fa ران (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · ka რანი (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania) · hy Առան (region of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania)