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Alan vs Clan - What's the difference?

alan | clan |

As a proper noun alan

is or alan can be (historical) 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.

As a noun clan is

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alan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wolfhound.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    clan

    English

    (wikipedia clan)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  • A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  • Any association of people behaving clannishly.
  • (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  • A badger colony.

    • Derived terms

    * clannish * matriclan * patriclan

    Descendants

    * Dutch: (l) * German: (l)