Alén

See also: alen, Alen, and alén

Galician

Etymology

From alén (“beyond; the other side”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlɛŋ/ [aˈlɛŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ
  • Hyphenation: A‧lén

Proper noun

Alén m

  1. the name of a number of villages mostly in southern Galicia
  2. a surname transferred from the place name

See also

References

  • “Alén” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Alén” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Alén”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
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