"Oran" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Ultimately Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), from a Berber term meaning "lion". Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ar|وَهْرَان|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), {{bor+|en|ar|وَهْرَان}} Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), {{der|en|ber}} Berber Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Oran
  1. A city, port, and province of Algeria. Categories (place): Cities in Algeria, Places in Algeria, Provinces of Algeria Translations (port city in Algeria): وَهْرَان (wahrān) [feminine] (Arabic), Vəhran (Azerbaijani), Orà [masculine] (Catalan), 奧蘭 (Chinese Mandarin), 奥兰 (Àolán) (Chinese Mandarin), Oran [masculine] (French), Orán [masculine] (Galician), Orán (Hungarian), Orano [masculine] (Italian), オラン (Oran) (Japanese), ⵡⴻⵂⵔⴰⵏ (Wehran) (Kabyle), Oran [masculine] (Occitan), وهران (vahrân) (Persian), Oran [masculine] (Polish), Ора́н (Orán) [masculine] (Russian), Orán [masculine] (Spanish), Ваҳрон (Vahron) (Tajik), وَہْران (vahrān) (Urdu), Vahron (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-Oran-en-name-5WUQ1M2y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odhar (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sga|-}} Old Irish, {{m|sga|Odrán}} Odrán, {{m|sga|odhar||dun, sallow}} odhar (“dun, sallow”), {{cog|ga|Odhrán}} Irish Odhrán Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Oran
  1. A male given name from Irish. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Oran-en-name-4FOS94Ik Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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