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Oran¹

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A city, port, and province of Algeria. We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”

Oran²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Irish.

Translations

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name port city in Algeria

EspañolOrán
한국어오란 oran
日本語オラン Oran
中文奧蘭 /奥兰 Àolán
हिन्दीओरान orān
FrançaisOran
ItalianoOrano
РусскийОра́н Orán
العربيةوَهْرَان wahrān

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"Oran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{oran_2026,
  title = {Oran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}