Oran

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, port, and province of Algeria.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Irish.

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"Which city is more dense: Algiers or Oran?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Ultimately Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), from a Berber term meaning "lion".

Etymology 2

Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odur (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán).

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