ALANI

Meaning of ALANI in English

/euh lay"nuy, euh lah"nee/ , n.pl.

a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd-4th centuries A.D. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets. Also called Alans /euh laynz", euh lahnz"/ .

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ALANI — noun plural see alans
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HUN — Any member of a nomadic pastoralist people who invaded southeastern Europe с AD 370. Appearing from central Asia after the …
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HONORIUS — born Sept. 9, 384 died Aug. 15, 423 in full Flavius Honorius Roman emperor in the West from 393 to …
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GAISERIC — also spelled Genseric died 477 king of the Vandals and the Alani (428477) who conquered a large part of Roman …
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ASPAR, FLAVIUS ARDABURIUS — died 471 Roman general of Alani descent, influential in the Eastern Roman Empire under the emperors Marcian (ruled 450457) and …
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PORTO — n. Portuguese Oporto Seaport city (pop., 2001 prelim.: 262,928), northwestern Portugal. On the right (north) bank of the Douro River …
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