Definition of "Aran"

Aran¹

/ˈæɹən/

proper noun
1. An archipelago off the west coast of Ireland, also called the Arans or the Aran Islands.
  Quotations
  The first thing we noticed going out to Aran was the light. It was coming from the opposite direction and felt strange. To us living in Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland, the world seemed to be turned around a full hundred and eighty degrees
  2007, Hugo Hamilton, The Harbor Boys: A Memoir, page 147
2. The barony which contains these islands.
noun
uncountable
1. The weight, or thickness of yarn.

Aran²

proper noun
1. Alternative form of Arran (“a region of eastern Transcaucasia”)