aranès
/əɾəˈnɛs/
CA
A dialect of Occitan spoken in the Val d'Aran region of Catalonia, Spain; also refers to anything related to the Aran Valley.
L'aranès és la llengua oficial de la Vall d'Aran.
Aranese is the official language of the Val d'Aran.
Etymology
Derived from the name of the Val d'Aran (Aran Valley) in Catalonia, with the suffix '-ès' indicating a regional language or locality.
Memory Aid
Remember it is the language of the **Aran** Valley, which gives the word its root: aran +ès = aranès.
Collocations
llengua aranèsaval d'aran aranèsdialecte aranès
Synonyms
aranese