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Aran¹

  • /ˈæɹən/

Sounds like Arran, Erin, Aaron (in some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -æɹən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

proper noun

  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
  2. The barony which contains these islands.

noun Arans

  1. countable, uncountable A medium weight of yarn.

Aran²

proper noun

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

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name archipelago off the west coast of Ireland

PortuguêsIlhas Aran

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"Aran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Aran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aran

Chicago

"Aran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aran.

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@misc{aran_2026,
  title = {Aran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}