arran
/ˈæɹən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage.
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A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A male given name from Tamil.
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In post-Islamic times, a region of eastern Transcaucasia, lying between the Rivers Kura and Araxes, in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, corresponding to the territory of Caucasian Albania on the right bank of the River Kura which was disattached from Greater Armenia in 387 AD. In pre-Islamic times, the term was used for the whole of Caucasian Albania.
Example Sentences
- "Sweep'th Arrans down, till all be clean neer lin, Els he'l leauk all Agye when he comes in […]"
- ""And th' arrand (spider)? Yes, but I hev: I 've read th' history o' Scotland, and happen knaw as mich on't as ye; and I understand ye to mean to say ye 'll persevere.""
- "Shoo wor a beautiful lass—cheeks like a rose, hair colour o' gowd, an' fine an' silky as an arran web."
Etymology
Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay. Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Arainn, -, arayne, araigne, arānea
Usage
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Synonyms
Arranmore