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Harran is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Harran in a sentence

Harran meaning

  1. a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey
  2. an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, which was a major Assyrian commercial, cultural, and religious center

Using Harran

  • The main meaning on this page is: a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey | an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, which was a major Assyrian commercial, cultural, and religious center
  • In the example corpus, harran often appears in combinations such as: of harran, harran to, harran in.

Context around Harran

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

nabonidus 1×

Sentence patterns with Harran

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

battle at harran to the 1× city of harran and also 1× city of harran in upper 1× city of harran nabonidus showed 1× fall was harran in southeast 1× families in harran to migrate 1× out of harran 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

crane can help 1× he also spent 1× however apart from 1× however he refused 1× however necho easily 1× the last assyrian 1×

Common sentence endings:

a new capital 1× gaziantep says kaya 1× in rebuilding assyria 1× in southeast anatolia 1× medes and scythians 1× out of harran 1×

Words around Harran

Just before it in the word index:

harram 2 harrah 22 harragon 2 harradine 3 harraby 5 harra 4

Just after it in the word index:

harrap 2 harras 4 harrased 2 harrasment 2 harrass 2 harrassing 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Harran

  • In this selection, "harran" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nabonidus stand out and add context to how "harran" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include battle at harran to the and city of harran and also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "harran" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with harran

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The last Assyrian city to fall was Harran in southeast Anatolia. (11 words)

Crane can help Erol with the promise of getting out of Harran. (12 words)

This forced many families in Harran to migrate to cities such as Adiyaman, Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep, says Kaya. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

However he refused and managed to somehow successfully fight his way out of Nineveh and to the northern Assyrian city of Harran in Upper Mesopotamia where he founded a new capital. (31 words)

He also spent time outside Babylonia, rebuilding temples in the Assyrian city of Harran, and also among his Arab subjects in the deserts to the south of Mesopotamia. (28 words)

However, Necho easily brushed aside the Israelite army under King Josiah but he and the Assyrians then lost a battle at Harran to the Babylonians, Medes and Scythians. (28 words)

Example sentences (7)

Crane can help Erol with the promise of getting out of Harran.

This forced many families in Harran to migrate to cities such as Adiyaman, Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep, says Kaya.

He also spent time outside Babylonia, rebuilding temples in the Assyrian city of Harran, and also among his Arab subjects in the deserts to the south of Mesopotamia.

However, apart from plans to dedicate religious temples in the city of Harran, Nabonidus showed little interest in rebuilding Assyria.

However he refused and managed to somehow successfully fight his way out of Nineveh and to the northern Assyrian city of Harran in Upper Mesopotamia where he founded a new capital.

However, Necho easily brushed aside the Israelite army under King Josiah but he and the Assyrians then lost a battle at Harran to the Babylonians, Medes and Scythians.

The last Assyrian city to fall was Harran in southeast Anatolia.

Common combinations with harran

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of harran 4×
  • harran to 2×
  • harran in 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "harran" in a sentence?
An example: "Crane can help Erol with the promise of getting out of Harran." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "harran" from authentic English texts.
What does "harran" mean?
Harran means: a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey
How many example sentences with "harran" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "harran", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.