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Oran

US/ɔˈrɑn/ rare

noun

1.

a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country''s 2nd largest city

Origin

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

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