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Date "ALANS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
"ALANS" is a common misspelling or typo for: alas. |
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Literature | Alans Large dogs, of various species, used for hunting deer. "Skins of animals slain in the chase were stretched on the ground ... and upon a heap of these lay 3 alans, as they were called, i.e. wolf greyhounds of the largest size." - Sir W. Scott: The Talisman , chap. vi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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They were divided in two parts by the Huns, of which the western joined the Germanic nations in their invasion of Gaul. Gregory of Tours mentions that their king Respendial saved the day for the Vandals in an encounter with the Franks at the crossing of the Rhine (ca. 407). Following the fortunes of the Vandals into Spain they disappeared in North Africa. In 426, the western Alan king, Attaces, was killed in battle against the Visigoths, and this branch of the Alans subsequently appealed to the Vandal king Gunderic who accepted their crown. Later Vandal kings styled themselves as Rex Wandalorum et Alanorum (King of the Vandals and Alans).
Those of the eastern division, though dispersed about the steppes until late medieval times, were forced by fresh invading hordes into the Caucasus, where they remain as the Ossetes. Their most famous leader was Aspar, the magister militum of the Byzantine Empire during the 460s.
They were at one time at least partially Christianized by Byzantine missionaries of the Arian church.
(Greek Αλανοι, Αλαννοι; Chinese O-lan-na; since the 9th century A.D. they have been called As, Russ. Jasy, Georgian Ossi),
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Screenplays | Alright alright, keep your Alans on! (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
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| "ALANS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ALANS" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alans mr | 34 |
alans jeffrey | 9 |
alans mountain rental | 9 |
alans mr shoes | 7 |
alans | 6 |
alans music | 5 |
alans marbles | 5 |
alans party supply | 5 |
alans mr shoes store | 4 |
alans motoring school | 4 |
alans jeffery | 4 |
alans mr shoes sportswear | 3 |
alans clothing mr shoes store | 3 |
alans bike family shop | 3 |
alans shoes | 3 |
alans discount music | 3 |
alans bike shop | 2 |
alans bmx | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "ALANS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | Alanos. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "ALANS": acanthocephalans, melphalans, myrobalans. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ALANS": phalansteries, phalanstery. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anlas, nasal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: aals, alan, alas, anal, anas, ansa. | |
-2 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, ana, las, sal. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, an, as, la, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: alands, alants, annals, aslant, canals, lagans, lanais, lauans, lianas, nasals, nasial, nyalas, salina, sandal. | |
+2 letters: agnails, alanins, alanyls, alkanes, almsman, analogs, analyse, analyst, animals, anlaces, anlages, anlases, anneals, annuals, arsenal, basinal, callans, canolas, canulas, galenas, kalians, lacunas, lagunas, lallans, laminas, landaus, lasagna, lasagne, manilas, manuals, napalms, narwals, nasally, platans, raglans, ranulas, salinas, salpian, saltant, saltpan, sandals, scandal, sealant, sultana, vandals. | |
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