English Explanatory Dictionary

Haran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. a place in the Bible, possibly identical to Harran in modern-day Turkey that served as Abraham's temporary home after God called him in Ur but before he departed, the place where his father Terah died
  3. one of Abraham's two brothers

Word forms

Haran Harans

Etymology

A variant of Haren, or a reduced form of Hanrahan, both Irish surnames.

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