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

• Aran jumper
• Aran weight

Translations

archipelago off the west coast of Ireland

• Irish: Oileáin Árann m pl, Árainn f
• Manx: Aran f
• Portuguese: Ilhas Aran f pl

Noun

Aran (uncountable)

1. The weight, or thickness of yarn.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Aran

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

Anagrams

• A-RNA, NARA, Nara, aRNA

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aˈɾan]

Etymology 1

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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaran/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)ran/

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^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 18