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alanna Anglo-Ir.|əˈlænə|
Also alan(n)ah.
[Ir. a leanbh my child!]
My child! Used as a form of address or as a term of endearment.
1839C. J. Lever Confessions H. Lorrequer iii. 29 Shutting one eye knowingly, with an air of great secrecy, [he] whispered out, ‘Miss Betty—Miss Betty, alanah!’ 1841‘H. Lorrequer’ [C. J. Lever] Ch. O'Malley I. iii. 16 ‘Do you want to break your neck entirely?’ ‘No Brackely, not mine.’ ‘Whose then, alannah?’ 1847A. Trollope Macdermots I. viii. 176 Who else, should I main, alanna; sure isn't he your own beau? Ibid. xii. 307 Every one that entered, said, ‘Well, Mary,’ or, ‘Well, alanna, how's yourself?’ 1907G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island iii. 56 Come on, alanna, an make the paste for the pie. 1922Joyce Ulysses 580 Ireland's sweetheart, the king of Spain's daughter, alanna. 1948T. H. White Elephant & Kangaroo xxiii. 183 Jump in, alannah. |