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Vinony

Alan

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
  3. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ən/

name

  1. A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.

noun

Etymology: From Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί (Alanoí), from Proto-Sarmatian *Allān.

  1. 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.