Oran
[ˈɔːrən]Meaning
Anglicized form of the Irish name Odhrán, from odur, meaning "dun, sallow".
Background Story
Oran is an anglicized form of the Old Irish saints' name Odrán, a diminutive of odur, meaning "dun" or "sallow". It is used in Old Irish and Irish. The same spelling is also an English rendering of Wahrān, the Arabic and Berber name of the Algerian city, from a Berber term meaning "lion".
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