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Meaning of Aran | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈæɹən/

Definitions

  1. An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
  2. A medium weight of yarn.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The barony which contains these islands.

Equivalents

Português Ilhas Aran

Examples

“The first thing we noticed going out to Aran was the light. It was coming from the opposite direction and felt strange. To us living in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland, the world seemed to be turned around a full hundred and eighty degrees”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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