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Galician
Etymology
From alén (“beyond; the other side”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlɛŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɛŋ
- Hyphenation: A‧lén
Proper noun
Alén m
- a number of villages mostly in southern Galicia
- a toponymical surname
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: ILG