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Aranda

American  
[uh-ran-duh, uh-rahn-] / əˈræn də, əˈrɑn- /
Also Arunta

noun

  • Arandas,
    plural
  • Aranda
    plural
  1. a member of an Australian Aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

  2. the language of the Aranda.


Aranda British  
/ ˈærəndə /

noun

  1. an Aboriginal people of S central Australia

  2. the language of this people

"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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Both Aranda and Vergennes wanted to know directly from Franklin whether this rebellion was really serious.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

To avoid confrontation with either superpower, Chile should develop new markets, Aranda advised.

From Barron's Mar. 12, 2026

Indeed, when the Tampa Bay Rays’ Jonathan Aranda suffered an 0-fer that culminated in a pop-up, the NL team swarmed Schwarber, who then sought out Ebel and embraced him with a hug.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2025

Anthony Aranda, a 23-year-old tourist from Peru, had only two days to visit Paris with his cousin, so getting to the top of the Eiffel Tower featured prominently on his to-do list.

From New York Times Feb. 22, 2024

—The Great Father myth of the Aranda people of Central Australia All was in suspense, all calm, all in silence; all motionless and still; and the expanse of the sky was empty.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

But here in the gritty Arandas district, residents speak highly of the facility, situated on an unpaved dead-end street in an anonymous brick building with an ocher facade and small yard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2020

O’Rourke was back at it on Sunday, this time in North Las Vegas at Arandas Taqueria.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2019

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