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alan
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A male given name from the Celtic languages.
Other meanings
2. proper noun
A surname.
3. noun
A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.
4. proper noun
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
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