Arran

American

[ar-uhn] / ˈær ən /

noun

an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).

Arran British

/ ˈærən /

noun

an island off the SW coast of Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. Pop: 5045 (2001). Area: 427 sq km (165 sq miles)

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My friend Arran budgets $200 monthly for his two cats, Chaplin and Mila.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Arran recently got a new job that requires him to move from Tulsa, Okla., to New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

CalMac said a person was reported overboard on the MV Caledonian Isles 16:40 sailing from Brodick on the Isle of Arran.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

"When we started testing this molecule as a vaccine component, we honestly didn't know if it would work," says Arran Stewart, a research associate in the Janda lab and first author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

They settled in Bute and Arran, and about Ardnamurchan and the islands there.

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by John Willcock

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