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ORAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oran mean?
• ORAN (noun)
The noun ORAN has 1 sense:
1. a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
Familiarity information: ORAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Oran" is a part of...):
Algeria; Algerie; Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s)
Context examples
“It’s a bit like film photography,” explained graduate student researcher Daniel Oran.
(Researchers Use Laser to Shrink Objects to Nanoscale, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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