Aran

Borrowed from Irish Árainn.

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

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.

• Aran jumper
• Aran weight

Aran (countable and uncountable, plural Arans)

1. A medium weight of yarn.

Aran

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

• A-RNA, NARA, Nara, aRNA

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

Aran m

1. synonym of Vall d'Aran

Derived from Biblical Hebrew הָרָן (Hārān).

Aran m

1. (biblical) Haran

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

Aran m

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

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 18