Aran

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aran"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

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

Proper noun

Aran

  1. An archipelago 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.

Proper noun

Aran

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aran m

  1. Synonym of Vall d'Aran

Etymology 2

From Biblical Hebrew הָרָן (Hārān).

Proper noun

Aran m

  1. (biblical) Haran

Welsh

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aran m

  1. a male given name transferred from the place name
  2. a set of mynyddoedd (“mountains”) in Gwynedd

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Aran unchanged unchanged Haran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 18

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