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Al⋅a⋅man⋅ni

  [al-uh-man-ahy]
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–plural noun
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Al⋅e⋅man⋅ni

  [al-uh-man-ahy]
–noun (used with a plural verb)
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.
Also, Alamanni.

Origin:
< L, of Gmc orig.; c. Goth alamans totality of humankind, equiv. to ala- all (see almighty ) + mann- man 1
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Alemanni 
name of a Suebic tribe or confederation that settled in Alsace and part of Switzerland (and source of the Fr. Allemand "German"), from P.Gmc. *Alamanniz, probably meaning "all-man" and denoting a wide alliance of tribes, but perhaps meaning "foreign men" (cf. Allobroges, name of a Celtic tribe in what is now Savoy, in L. lit. "the aliens," in reference to their having driven out the original inhabitants), in which case the al- is cognate with the first element in L. alius "the other" and Eng. else.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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