MARAN

Meaning of MARAN in English

məˈran noun

Etymology: Marans, town in western France

1. usually capitalized : a French breed of domestic fowls that lay many large dark brown eggs

2. -s often capitalized : a fowl of the Maran breed

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TRIMARAN — /truy"meuh ran'/ , n. a vessel similar to a catamaran but having three separate hulls. [ 1950-55; TRI- + (CATA)MARAN …
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AMARANTH — /am"euh ranth'/ , n. 1. an imaginary, undying flower. 2. any plant of the genus Amaranthus, some species of which …
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ORELLANA, FRANCISCO DE — born c. 1490, , Trujillo, Castile died c. 1546, , Amazon River Spanish soldier and first explorer of the Amazon …
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JIVARO — South American Indian people living in the Montaa (the eastern slopes of the Andes), in Ecuador and Peru north of …
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HUANUCO — departamento (formed 1869) of central Peru, crossed by the northward-flowing Maran, Huallaga, and Pachitea rivers. The department's area of 13,088 …
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HUALLAGA RIVER — Spanish Ro Huallaga, river in central and northern Peru. It rises in the Andes mountains just south of Cerro de …
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COSMOS — Hubble inferred a uniformity in the spatial distribution of galaxies through number counts in deep photographic surveys of selected areas …
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CHICLAYO — capital of Lambayeque departamento, Nor Oriental del Maran regin, in northern Peru. It is located on the Pan-American Highway more …
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CAJAMARCA — department (formed 1855), northern Peru, bounded north by Ecuador and east by the Maran River. It has an area of …
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AMAZONAS — departamento, southeastern Colombia, located in the warm, humid Amazon River basin. It is bounded on the northwest by the Caquet …
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AMAZON RIVER
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ALEGRA, CIRO — born Nov. 4, 1909, Saltimbanca, Peru died Feb. 17, 1967, Lima Peruvian novelist who wrote about the lives of the …
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TRIMARAN — tri ‧ ma ‧ ran /ˈtraɪməræn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: tri- + -maran (as in …
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CAUTION — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES advise caution/patience/restraint etc (= advise people to be careful, patient etc ) ▪ The …
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TRI — разг. сокр. от ~maran
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