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Oran.

A city, port, and province of Algeria.

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Meaning & usage

name
  1. A city, port, and province of Algeria.

Where this word comes from

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

name
  1. A male given name from Irish.

Where this word comes from

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

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