alano — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Alan noun A member of the Alans, a nomadic Iranian-speaking people who roamed the Eurasian steppe in the first millennium AD.
Senses
alano is used for these senses in English:
- Alan (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.
- Alan A en given name.
- Alanic of or pertaining to Alans—an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity and middle ages—or their language
- alaunt A domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.
- mastiff One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.