Arran
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Geography

  • Arran (Caucasus), historical region (also known as Caucasian Albania
    Caucasian Albania
    Albania is a name for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus, that existed on the territory of present-day republic of...

    )
  • Isle of Arran
    Isle of Arran
    Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058...

    , Scotland
  • Arranmore
    Arranmore
    Árainn Mhór is the largest inhabited island of County Donegal, and the second largest in all of Ireland, with a population of 528 in 2006, down from 543 in 2002, and over 600 in 1996. The island is part of the Donegal Gaeltacht...

     island, County Donegal, Ireland
  • Aran Islands
    Aran Islands
    The Aran Islands or The Arans are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland. They constitute the barony of Aran in County Galway, Ireland...

    , County Galway, Ireland
  • Arran, former township now in Arran-Elderslie, Ontario
    Arran-Elderslie, Ontario
    The Municipality of Arran–Elderslie is a township in Bruce County in Western Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the headwaters of the Sauble River, and the Saugeen River forms the northwestern boundary.-Communities:...

    , Canada
  • Arran, Saskatchewan
    Arran, Saskatchewan
    Arran is a village in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 90 km northeast of Yorkton and 10 km west of the Manitoba border. Arran is located on Highway 49.- History :...

    , village in Canada

People

  • First name
    • Arran Brindle
      Arran Brindle
      Arran Brindle is an English cricketer and member of the England Women's team.She represented England women in 9 Test matches and 58 one-day internationals from 2000-2005, scoring a century in the First Test against Australia at Hove in 2005 and 8 ODI fifties...

       (b.1981 as Arran Thompson), English cricketer (f)
    • Arran Fernandez
      Arran Fernandez
      Arran Fernandez, England, born June 1995, is a home-educated student who broke the age record for gaining a General Certificate of Secondary Education , the English academic qualification usually taken at age 16. Sitting the examinations at the age of five, he was awarded GCSE Mathematics in 2001...

       (b.1995), home-educated English mathematics prodigy (m)
    • Arran Lee-Barrett
      Arran Lee-Barrett
      Arran Lee-Barrett is an English footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Town.Lee-Barrett signed for Ipswich in August 2009, from being a free agent.-Career:...

       (b.1984), English footballer (m)
  • Surname
    • Len Arran
      Len Arran
      Len Arran is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer .He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980s...

      , English composer of film scores
  • Title
    • Earl of Arran
      Earl of Arran
      Earl of Arran is a title in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland. The two titles refer to different places, the Isle of Arran in Scotland, and the Aran Islands in Ireland...

      , a title in the Peerages of Scotland and Ireland

Beverages

  • Arran Single Malt
    Arran Single Malt
    Arran Single Malt is a Single Malt Scotch whisky distilled by the Arran Distillery, Lochranza, Scotland, the only distillery on the Isle of Arran. Arran Distillery was founded in 1995 and is the first legal distillery built on the Isle of Arran in over 150 years...

    , a whisky distilled on the island of Arran, Scotland
  • Arran Brewery on the island of Arran, Scotland

Plants and animals

  • Arran Whitebeams, 3 species of whitebeam
    Whitebeam
    The whitebeams are members of the Rosaceae family, comprising subgenus Aria of genus Sorbus, and hybrids involving species of this subgenus and members of subgenera Sorbus, Torminaria and Chamaemespilus. They are deciduous trees with simple or lobed leaves, arranged alternately...

     from the island of Arran, Scotland
  • Arran, another name for the freshwater turtle arrau
    Arrau
    The Arrau turtle, Podocnemis expansa, also known as the Charapa turtle, Arrau River Turtle, Tartaruga-da-amazônia, or Araú, is the largest of the side-neck turtles . It is found in the Amazon River and its tributaries . Adults often reach 1 m in length...


Sami organizations and magazines

  • Árran
    Árran
    Árran is the Lule Sámi Center in the village of Drag in Tysfjord, Norway. The purpose of the center is to foster and promote the Lule Sámi language and culture, which it does by arranging on-site and videoconference courses in Lule Sámi, publishing books and doing research. The center has a museum,...

     the Lule Sámi Center in the village in Tysfjord
  • Árran (Sami publication)
    Árran (Sami publication)
    Árran is an English language quarterly of Sami culture and news. The editor of Árran is Arden Johnson and was founded by the late Mel Olsen in 1995. Published by the Sami Siida of North America, the magazine is by and for Sami North Americans and friends. Árran headquarters are in Minneapolis,...

    the English language news and culture magazine
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