Alanic

//əˈleɪnɪk// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Alans (Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity and the Middle Ages) or their language.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    the Iranian language of the Alans, from which modern Ossetian may be descended

Etymology

From Alan + -ic.

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