Aran
Britishadjective
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of or relating to the Aran Islands
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made of thick undyed wool with its natural oils retained
an Aran sweater
Example Sentences
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She now receives $60 a month to help Aran with meals, bathing and other necessities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
In a brief preview fans saw bounty hunter Samus Aran navigating an alien planet and utilising her famous morph ball ability to traverse the world.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2024
“They pretend to know, sometimes very naively, what happened to the bodies they are dealing with,” said Gideon Aran, a sociologist at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University who wrote a recent book on the organization.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
The understated, elegant Teuscher, with a distinguished Romeo in Aran Bell, has found a way to fold her acting into the precision of her dancing so delicately that artifice dissolves.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Hare Island was, she said, and the schoolmaster said, a place where the Irish language was still spoken with a purity worthy of the Isles of Aran.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
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