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Alan vs Alap - What's the difference?

alan | alap |

As nouns the difference between alan and alap

is that alan is a wolfhound while alap is {{cx|music|lang=en}} The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.

As a proper noun Alan

is a given name derived from Celtic.

alan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wolfhound.

    • Anagrams

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    alap

    English

    (wikipedia alap)

    Alternative forms

    *alaap *alapa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
  • *:The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
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