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Alan

[ al-uh n ]

/ ˈæl ən /

noun

a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”

Definition for alan (2 of 2)

Alani

[ uh-ley-nahy, uh-lah-nee ]

/ əˈleɪ naɪ, əˈlɑ ni /

plural noun

a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.

Also called A·lans

[uh-leynz, uh-lahnz] /əˈleɪnz, əˈlɑnz/.

Example sentences from the Web for alan

Alan Gross was in a cheery mood, having survived a grim five-year stint in a Cuban prison.

Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor |Michael Moynihan |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You have to admire his convictions; most frustrated auteurs in this town just call such things “an Alan Smithee project.”

Sony Hack: A Dictator Move? |Kevin Bleyer |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Alan just happened to be in New York auditioning people, and I got in the room to audition for the first time.

Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’ |Marlow Stern |December 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson-- the Simpson half of Simpson-Mazzoli-- blames the Right along with the Left.

The Liberal Case Against Illegal Immigration |Doug McIntyre |November 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“NATO bullied us in Georgia and now they are doing the same again here, and we have to stop them,” says Alan.

East Ukraine: Back in the USSR |Jamie Dettmer |November 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Christopher could afford to be magnanimous toward Alan, now that Elisabeth was the reverse.

The Farringdons |Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
With Catriona behind and Alan before me, I was like one lifted up.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) |Robert Louis Stevenson
And drawing my sword, I fell on guard as Alan himself had taught me.

Kidnapped |Robert Louis Stevenson
The two lighted their cigars from a single match, and Alan went his way, while the captain turned in the direction of his cabin.

The Alaskan |James Oliver Curwood
She knew Alan, too, well; but she scarcely believed him capable of such a sacrifice as this.

Barren Honour: A Novel |George A. Lawrence