Oran

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proper noun

A city, port, and province of Algeria.

OriginArabic وَهْرَان ← Berber →
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Meanings

Oran1

proper noun
  1. A city, port, and province of Algeria.

    We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”

    2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2024

Oran2

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Irish.

Origin

Oran · proper noun

  1. Berber
  2. Arabicوَهْرَان
  3. EnglishOran

Ultimately Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), from a Berber term meaning "lion".

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Oran · proper noun

Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odur (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán).

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Translations

Arabic وَهْرَان
  • وَهْرَان (wahrān)port city in Algeria
Catalan Orà
  • Oràport city in Algeria
Chinese Mandarin 奧蘭 /奥兰
  • 奧蘭 /奥兰 (Àolán)port city in Algeria
French Oran
  • Oranport city in Algeria
Hindi ओरान
  • ओरान (orān)port city in Algeria
Hungarian Orán
  • Oránport city in Algeria
Italian Orano
  • Oranoport city in Algeria
Japanese オラン
  • オラン (Oran)port city in Algeria
Korean 오란
  • 오란 (oran)port city in Algeria
Persian وهران
  • وهران (vahrân)port city in Algeria
Polish Oran
  • Oranport city in Algeria
Russian Ора́н
  • Ора́н (Orán)port city in Algeria
Spanish Orán
  • Oránport city in Algeria
Urdu وَہْران
  • وَہْران (vahrān)port city in Algeria

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Oran. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oran

MLA

“Oran.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oran. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oran,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oran.

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