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- According to Gaius Asinius Quadratus (quoted in the mid-sixth century by Byzantine historian Agathias), the name Alamanni (Ἀλαμανοι) means "all men". It indicates that they were a conglomeration drawn from various Germanic tribes.
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Closed 7 years ago. In Persia, Germany is called "Alaman". In Portugal it's called "Alemanha". I know some other countries in the world call it 'Alman' too.
- The name comes from the Alemanni , a Germanic tribe. Germany is known by a variety of names throughout the world, you can find a comprehensive lis...
- There is a Wikipedia article on the topic, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Germany Because of Germany's geographic position in the centre o...
- To add to @Yannis Rizos's post, what has come down to us as the Germanic tribal name Alemanni is actually the Latin name for what that tribe call...
- In Portugal it is called "Alemanha", not "Alman". It is that way because of the tribe living in that region of Europe, "Álamos" Source: I'm Portugu...
- I am from Iran. In Persian language, many words related to Europe are obtained from French language. In Iran we call Germany Alman just because thi...
- I believe the words ,arya ,alman, German, Latino, Hellenic, Greek ,alban, Albany, alwa,Alan,Slav,hari, hali certainly have a same origin and a same...
Alemanni. Area settled by the Alemanni, and sites of Roman–Alemannic battles, third to sixth centuries. The Alemanni or Alamanni [1] [2] were a confederation of Germanic tribes [3] on the Upper Rhine River during the first millennium. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Roman emperor Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni ...
The High German consonant shift is thought to have originated around the 5th century either in Alemannia or among the Lombards; before that the dialect spoken by Alemannic tribes was little different from that of other West Germanic peoples.[citation needed]Alemannia lost its distinct jurisdictional identity when Charles Martel absorbed it into ...
Swabia’s name is derived from that of the Suebi, a Germanic people who, with the Alemanni, occupied the upper Rhine and upper Danube region in the 3rd century ad and spread south to Lake Constance and east to the Lech River. Known first as Alemannia, the region was called Swabia from the 11th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The name Allemagne and the other similar-sounding names above are derived from the southern Germanic Alemanni, a Suebic tribe or confederation in today's Alsace, parts of Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland . The areas where Alemannic German is spoken.
Alemannia, also spelt Alamannia was the land inhabited by the Germanic Alemanni, who expanded from the Main River basin during the 3rd century and settling on the left side of the Rhine River in the 4th century.
Alamannia. Alamannia, or Alemania, was the kingdom established and inhabited by the Alemanni, a Germanic tribal confederation that had broken through the Roman limes in 213. The Alemanni expanded from the Main River basin during the 3rd century and raided Roman provinces and settled on the left bank of the Rhine River from the 4th century.
