Aran

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Aran may refer to:

Places

• Aran (river), in France
• Aran Islands, a group of islands across the mouth of Galway Bay, Ireland
• Aran Fawddwy, a mountain in north Wales
  • Aran Benllyn, a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy
• Arranmore, also known as Aran Island off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland
• Aran, Catalonia, a comarca of Catalonia consisting of the Aran Valley
• Yr Aran, a mountain peak in north Wales
• Tell Aran, a city in Syria

Iran

• Aran va Bidgol, a city in Isfahan province, Iran
• Aran, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province, Iran
• Aran, Nain, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
• Aran, Kermanshah, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
• Sefid Aran, a village in Iran
• Aran, former name of Rezvanshahr, Isfahan, a city in Iran
• Aran, former name of Bileh Savar in Ardabil Province, Iran

Azerbaijan

• Aran, Aghjabadi, Azerbaijan
• Aran, Lerik, Azerbaijan
• Aran, Shaki, Azerbaijan
• Aran, Tovuz, Azerbaijan
• Aran, Yevlakh, Azerbaijan

People

• Earls of Arran, titles in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland
• Enda of Aran (5th-century–6th-century), Irish saint
• Aran or Haran, a Biblical name

Given name

• Aran Embleton (born 1981), English female international footballer
• Aran Fox (born 1988), English professional ice hockey goaltender
• Aran Hakutora (born 1984), Russian sumo wrestler
• Aran Jones, chief executive of Cymuned, a Welsh pressure group
• Aran Tharp (born 1977), New York filmmaker
• Aran Zalewski, Australian field hockey player

Fictional characters

• Samus Aran, the protagonist of Nintendo's Metroid video game series
• Aran Linvail, a character in the role-playing game Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
• Aran Ryan, a character in the Nintendo-produced Punch-Out!! game series
• Aran, a character class in the Korean game "MapleStory"

Films

• Man of Aran, a 1934 documentary film on life on the Aran Islands
• Aran (film), a (2006) film in the Tamil language

Other uses

• Aranese dialect, a standardized form of the Occitan language spoken in Catalonia
• Aran sweater, a sweater manufactured in Ireland
• Aer Arann, a regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland
• HMS Äran, a former vessel of the Swedish Navy

See also

• Aran Island (disambiguation)
• List of biblical names
• Arun (disambiguation)
• Aaron (disambiguation)
• Arran (disambiguation)
• All pages with a title containing Aran