Alemanni
plural noun
Al·e·man·ni
variants or Alamanni
ˌa-lə-ˈma-ˌnī,
-ˈma-nē
: a predominantly Suevian coalition of Germanic peoples first mentioned in the 3d century a.d. that settled in the area between the Main and Danube rivers and whose descendants are German-speaking inhabitants of Alsace, Switzerland, and southwestern Germany
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic alamans totality of people
First Known Use
1707, in the meaning defined above
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- animal charcoal
- animal control
- animal cracker
- animal dance
- animal electricity
- animal faith
- animal flower
- animal glue
- animal heat
- animal husbandman
- animal husbandry
- animal hypnosis
- animal kingdom
- animal magnetism
- animal mechanics
- animal model
- animal mound
- animal oil
- animal pole
- animal rightist
- animal rights
- animal rouge
- animal size