Meaning of Arran | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ellipsis of Isle of Arran, Scotland.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
2. 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.
   historical
3. spider
   Yorkshire, obsolete
4. A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage.
5. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland)
7. A male given name from Tamil.

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Examples

“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.”

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