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Aran

British  
/ ˈærən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Aran Islands

  2. made of thick undyed wool with its natural oils retained

    an Aran sweater

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His neighbor, Lucksana Tohtrakarn, 67, began checking in on Aran when she realized his family never stopped by.

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

Rising ABT star Aran Bell captured Baryshnikov’s dashing intensity, and veteran ballerina Gillian Murphy brought lightness and whimsy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

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

With Druidism departed the forests of the ilex and the quercus from Aran.

From The South Isles of Aran by Oliver J. Burke

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