Aran

See also: aran, arán, -aran, äran, āran, åran, and aràn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæɹən/
  • Rhymes: -æɹən
  • Homophones: Arran, Erin, Aaron (in some pronunciations)

Proper noun

Aran

  1. A group of islands 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

Translations

Noun

Aran (uncountable)

  1. The weight, or thickness of yarn.

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Aran m

  1. Haran (Biblical man)
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