carrán

• carrao, carrau, quirrán

Onomatopoeic, probably; the different dialectal forms points to a protoform *carrano.

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈraŋ]

carrán m (plural carráns)

1. tern (Sterna hirundo)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carrán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carrán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carrán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN