Aranda

[ uh-ran-duh, uh-rahn- ]

/ əˈræn də, əˈrɑn- /

noun, plural A·ran·das, (especially collectively) A·ran·da for 1.

a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

the language of the Aranda.

Also Arunta.

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Examples from the Web for aranda

Aranda and his pretty niece were certainly persons of considerable means.
The Secrets of Potsdam|William Le Queux
In 1750 Count Aranda passed the pottery works on to a private company, in whose hands they remained until 1766.
The Industrial Arts in Spain|Juan F. Riao
Finally, the oracle ordered her to prepare to start in three days, and to take Aranda with her.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
I called on the Count of Aranda, who kept me waiting for a quarter of an hour, and then came in with some papers in his hand.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

For a long time after it he remained at Aranjuez, leaving the government in the hands of his minister Aranda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for aranda

Aranda

/ (ˈærəndə) /

noun

an Aboriginal people of S central Australia

the language of this people

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