Arran
English
editEtymology 1
editDerived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay.[1][2] Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editArran
- Short for Isle of Arran, Scotland.
- A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland)
- A male given name from Tamil
Derived terms
editTranslations
editIsle of Arran
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References
editEtymology 2
editDerived from Middle Persian *ʾldʾn (/arrān/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭃𐭀𐭍 (ʾrdʾn /ardān/). Ultimately from an unknown source, underlying also Old Armenian Աղուանք (Ałuankʻ) and Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editArran
- (historical) In post-Islamic times, a region of eastern Transcaucasia, lying between the Rivers Kura and Araxes, in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, corresponding to the territory of Caucasian Albania on the right bank of the River Kura which was disattached from Greater Armenia in 387 AD. In pre-Islamic times, the term was used for the whole of Caucasian Albania.
Translations
editregion of eastern Transcaucasia — see also Caucasian Albania
Further reading
edit- Arran (Caucasus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bosworth, C. E. (1986) “Arrān”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
- Frye, R. N. (1960) “Arrān”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, pages 660–661
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editArran f
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