Aran

/ (ˈærən) /

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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Example sentences from the Web for Aran

He wanted solitude, and he begged the islands of Aran from the King of Munster.
Connaught|Stephen Lucius Gwynn
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
To him John Colgan was indebted for a description of the three islands of Aran and their churches.
The South Isles of Aran|Oliver J. Burke
The extreme old age to which the inhabitants live in Aran proves the excellence of the air and of the food.
The South Isles of Aran|Oliver J. Burke

This splendor Synge found also in his own Wicklow, a lonelier country than Aran, if loneliness comes from absence of human life.
Irish Plays and Playwrights|Cornelius Weygandt

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