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Alanna

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Noun
  1. 1
    child Ireland, dialectal, term-of-address

    "He was sentenced to be hung without any trial worth speaking of; but as he was carted to the gallows an old woman cried out, "Ach, Jimmy alanna!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

A feminine form of Alan; variant spelling of Alana. Compare also Alannah.

Etymology 2

From Irish a leanbh (“O child”).

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