Aran
//ˈæɹən// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medium weight of yarn. countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
"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 Alternative form of Arran (“a region of eastern Transcaucasia”). alt-of, alternative
- 3 The barony which contains these islands.
Example
More examples"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"
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Árainn.
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