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Arran

American  
[ar-uhn] / ˈær ən /

noun

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


Arran British  
/ ˈærən /

noun

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

"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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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

If it is true that he had already proposed to Mary to set aside the succession of the Earl of Arran, it is equally true that she had refused his request.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell

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