Editing Oran (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Barbary_lion.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Barbary lion]], from which Oran takes its name, identified by its long [[Mane (lion)|mane]]]]
The word ''Wahran'' comes from the Berber expression ''wa - iharan'' (place of lions).<ref name="Kees Versteegh">{{cite book|author=Kees Versteegh|title=Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics: (Q-Z)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-14476-7|pages=511|access-date=2023-01-30|archive-date=2023-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729111928/https://books.google.com/books?id=OWQOAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> A locally popular legend tells that in the period around AD 900, there were sightings of [[Barbary lion]]s in the area. The last two lions were killed on a mountain near Oran, and it became known as ''la montagne des lions'' ("The Mountain of Lions").<ref>{{cite web |title=L'histoire de la ville d'Oran |language=fr |website=Oran-dz.com |url=http://www.oran-dz.com/ville/histoire/ |access-date=2020-12-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223063105/http://www.oran-dz.com/ville/histoire/ |archive-date=2014-12-23}}</ref> Two giant lion statues stand in front of Oran's city hall, symbolizing the city.