alan
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
Definition of alan
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of alaunt.
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noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of alaunt.
- (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.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of artificial light at night.
“Skyglow is a form of artificial light at night (ALAN) whereby the atmosphere scatters light back to Earth, creating a glowing dome of diffused light that can extend hundreds of kilometres into the sea.”
name
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A male given name from the Celtic languages.
“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.”
“I could pose as an artist all right; so I took the studio. Also the name of Alan Beverley. My own is Bill Bates. I had often wondered what it would feel like to be called by some name like Alan Beverley or Cyril Trevelyan.”
- A surname.
- A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
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Etymology
From Old Breton Alan, name of early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans. It may have been the name of a Celtic deity, the brother of Bran, Welsh Alawn, Alun. As an early Irish name, perhaps connected with ail (“noble”). Compare French Alain.
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