name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈæɹən/
rhymes with -æɹən
homophone: Arran
homophone: Erin
homophone: Aaron (in some pronunciations)
CMU ARPABET:EH1 R AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
The barony which contains these islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
Alternative form of Arran (“a region of eastern Transcaucasia”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A medium weight of yarn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Árainn.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Irish:
Oileáin Árann
— archipelago off the west coast of Ireland
Irish:
Árainn
— archipelago off the west coast of Ireland
Manx:
Aran
— archipelago off the west coast of Ireland
Portuguese:
Ilhas Aran
— archipelago off the west coast of Ireland