alan
/ˈæl.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.45 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of alaunt.
name
A male given name from the Celtic languages.
name
A surname.
noun
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.
name
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Alan, -, Alānī, Ἀλανοί, *Āllān