Definitions for Alamanni

Alamanni Al·a·man·ni

Spelling: [al-uh-man-ahy]
IPA: /ˌæl əˈmæn aɪ/

Alamanni is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in Alamanni (aaailmnn).

Definitions for Alamanni

noun

  1. a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.

plural noun

  1. Alemanni.

Origin of Alamanni

Latin, of Germanic orig.; cognate with Gothic alamans totality of humankind, equivalent to ala- all (see almighty) + mann- Examples for Alamanni

The name Alamanni is in this case not to be taken in an ethnographical but in a geographical sense.

The Franks recovered from their panic, the Alamanni turned to flight.

And as soon as he had cried thus, the Alamanni turned and fled.

There were numerous battles between the Ripuarians and the Alamanni; and the memory of one fought at Zlpich has come down to us.

The Bavarian law, therefore, is later than that of the Alamanni.

The Alamanni were defeated, and fled to the Mœotian marshes.

Reports of two such speeches to soldiers; the first, by Alamanni, is wonderfully fine and worthy of the occasion .

He also stopped a band of the Alamanni who wished to invade Italy.

But it was not long before both the Alamanni and the Franks again became troublesome in the Rhine valley.

Like most heathen people the Alamanni clothed their gods in their own flesh and blood.

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