Aran

/ (ˈærən) /

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adjective

of or relating to the Aran Islands

made of thick undyed wool with its natural oils retainedan Aran sweater

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Words nearby Aran

Aramaic, Aramburu, Aramean, aramid, aramid fiber, Aran, Aranda, Aran-Duchenne disease, araneid, araneose, Aranha

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How to use Aran in a sentence

Isha Aran at Jezebel worries that the show “glorif[ies] the way religion can constrain people.”
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The history of these men is the history of S. Enda's work on Aran.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould
So famous did the island become for the sanctity of its people that it was long called Aran of Saints.
Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2|M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
An Aran hooker, belonging to Innishmore, joined the little fishing fleet, bringing up the number to exactly a dozen boats.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

If there is anything in the Aran cupboards, the Araners know who enabled them to put it there.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
There is no river in Aran, where VG places the incident; in this version, therefore, the ship is placed on the sea.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran|Anonymous