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Alan

Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name
  • proper noun historical A member 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.

Etymologies

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Celtic name borne by early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans. 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’.

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forms (1)

Forms

  1. Al

relateds (1)

relateds

  1. Alania

rhymes (8)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Allan
  2. Allen
  3. Mallon
  4. ballon
  5. gallon
  6. malon
  7. mpg
  8. talon

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