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Noun
aranCrimean Tatar
Noun
aranFinnish
Etymology 1
Adjective
Etymology 2
Noun
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
aran- bread, loaf (masculine noun, nominative
case)
- aran làthail
- daily bread
- aran làthail
- livelihood,
sustenance
- a tha cumail t'arain riut
- who gives you your livelihood
- cha bhi thu gun aran
- you shall not want a livelihood
- a tha cumail t'arain riut
References
- The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary (Birlinn Limited, 1901-1911, Compiled by Edward Dwelly)
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
Extensive Definition
The placename Aran may refer to:
- The Aran Islands
across the mouth of Galway Bay, Ireland or the largest island in
that group
- The Irish Earls of Arran (sic) take their title from the Aran Islands
- Aran Fawddwy, a mountain in north Wales
- Aran River, in France
- Aran va Bidgol, a city in Isfahan province, Iran
- Arranmore, also known as Aran Island off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland
- Val d'Aran a valley in the Pyrenees, Spain
- Yr Aran, a mountain peak in north Wales
Aran may also refer to:
- Aer Arann, a regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland
- Aran sweater, a sweater manufactured in Ireland
- HMS Äran, a former vessel of the Swedish Navy
- Saint Enda of Aran, an Irish saint
- Samus Aran, the main character in Nintendo's video game series Metroid
- films:
- Man of Aran, a 1934 documentary film on life on the Aran Islands
- Aran (film), a (2006) film in the Tamil language
- Aran can be a male or female first name:
- Aran Tharp (b. 1977), a New York filmmaker (m)
- Aran Ashe, an erotic writer from England (f)
aran in Welsh: Aran
aran in German: Aran (Begriffsklärung)
aran in French: Aran
aran in Italian: Aran
aran in Russian: Аран