Definition of Alans. Meaning of Alans. Synonyms of Alans

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Definition of Alans

Alan
Alan A*lan" ([.a]*l[.a]n"), n. [OF. alan, alant; cf. Sp. alano.] A wolfhound. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Alans from wikipedia

- the Alans: the Rhoxolāni ('Bright Alans'), an offshoot of the Alans whose name may be linked to religious practices, and the Alanorsoi ('White Alans'),...
- the Alans and the Goths. Other Sarmatians were ****imilated and absorbed by the Early Slavs. A people related to the Sarmatians, known as the Alans, survived...
- folklore Alans, nomadic tribes from Asia who migrated westward in late antiquity Cyclone Alan, a tropical storm All pages with titles beginning with Alan Alans...
- the Alans in 5th-century Gaul. Around the time that the Vandals and other Alans under Respendial crossed the Rhine in 405 or 406, Goar's band of Alans quickly...
- the battle. About the groups of Alans and Vandals we are briefly informed by Orosius who mentions a m****acre of the Alans by the Huns. Orosius' description...
- the gorge. The Darial originates from Dar-i Alān (در الان) meaning "Gate of the Alans" in Persian. The Alans held the lands north of the p**** in the first...
- also known as Ossetes (/ˈɒsiːts/ OSS-eets), Ossets (/ˈɒsɪts/ OSS-its), and Alans (/ˈælənz/ AL-ənz), are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous...
- the Alans, but was prevented from returning to Byzantium through Abasgia. Although the Abkhazians spared no expense to have him imprisoned, the Alans refused...
- of the name is that the modern English Alan, and French Alain, are derived from the name of the Alans. The Alans were an Iranian people who lived north...
- king of a group of Alans in western Europe in the early 5th century CE. After the Crossing of the Rhine in 405 or 406, Respendial's Alans invaded the Roman...