Alan

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Alternative spellings 1.1.2 Pronunciation 1.1.3 Proper noun 1.1.3.1 Derived terms 1.1.3.2 Translations 1.1.3.3 Quotations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Proper noun 1.2.1.1 Related terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 2 Czech 2.1 Proper noun

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Celtic name borne by early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning. As an early Irish name, perhaps connected with ail, ‘noble’. It may have been the name of a Celtic deity, the brother of Bran. Welsh Alawn, Celtic Alun, ‘harmony’. ‘Member of the tribe the Alans’.

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• Allan
• Allen

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• Rhymes: -ælən

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Singular Alan

Plural -

Alan

1. A male given name

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• Al

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• 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 13?? Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Reeve's Tale:

  He grabbed at Alan by his Adam's apple,

  And Alan grabbed him back in furious grapple

  And clenched his fist and bashed him on the nose.

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Wikipedia

From Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί (Alanoi).

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Singular Alan

Plural Alans or Alani

Alan (plural Alans or Alani)

1. (historical) Memeber of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.

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• Alania

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Alan m.

1. A male given name, cognate to Alan.