rann

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/ɹæn/

noun

A stanza of Irish poetry.

OriginOld Irish rann →
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Meanings

rann1

nounrann (plural ranns)

plural ranns

  1. A stanza of Irish poetry.

    Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

Rann2

proper nounRann (plural Ranns)

plural Ranns

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

rann · noun

  1. Old Irishrann
  2. Old Irishrann
  3. Englishrann

Borrowed from Old Irish rann.

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Rann · proper noun

  1. GermanRann
  2. EnglishRann

Borrowed from Southern German Rann.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rann

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Sounds the same

ran

Anagrams

nRNA
Cite this entry
APA

rann. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rann

MLA

“rann.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rann. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rann,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rann.

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