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n. (context dialect Ireland as a term of address English) child
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Alanna, Alanah or Alannah or Allanah is a girl's given name which has disputed origins. It can be derived either from the Old High German word for "precious" or from the Irish language term "a leanbh" or "child", in English. In Gaelic Alanna as itself is the term for "beauty" or "serenity". It's sometimes considered a feminine form of Alan.
Alana is a common female given name coming from the Goidelic/ Hawaiian community meaning fair, beautiful, offering. It also is an Ibo given name which means father land or father's land in Igbo language.
""Alana"" or ""Elana" can also be the female name in an English translation of ""Elan"" which in Hebrew means tree.
Usage examples of "alanna".
Perrin recognized ageless Aes Sedai faces even before he picked out Verin and Alanna, both riding to the rear of the women.
He had managed to annoy everyone, provoking his sister Yllana, his foster-sister Alanna, and Ida Davidson, who was usually impervious to the behavior of adolescents.
Livingston told us Alanna Brooks was a bankable star who could be guaranteed to pull the fans.
Bera like a proud farmwife and Alanna like some darkly beautiful queen, in their green-fringed shawls, and plump Rafela, even darker wrapped in her blue, watching him anxiously, and cool-eyed Faeldrin, yet another Green, her thin braids worked with colored beads, and slim Merana in her gray, whose frown made Rafela seem a picture of Aes Sedai serenity.
And Herm was the first person he had told of his strange condition-he had not even confided it to Alanna, who had shared so many of his secrets when they were younger.
Collis Raeburn had made a handsome, if somewhat unconvincing alien, while Butterfly had been sung by the prima donna of the Eureka Opera Company, Alanna Brooks.
Collis and Alanna Brooks, and the two of them were incautious enough to sign undertakings to take part in the premiere.
Colly, when it was absolutely obvious Alanna Brooks was the one not up to standard.
Collis, so that she could talk him into replacing Alanna with herself as his diva.
In the moonlight on the banks of the Nile by the Temple of Isis, Alanna Brooks began to sing an exquisite lament.
Carol had formed only a faint impression of Alanna Brooks, so she was fascinated to meet her now, particularly after seeing the ravishing performance she had given in the opera.
Hit by the tragic loss of Collis Raeburn last week, the company is reeling as top prima donna Alanna Brooks threatens legal action against her leading man, Lloyd Clancy, citing defamation and slander.
I suggested, among other things, that Alanna got to be prima donna by a series of underhand maneuvers, including calling in favors and paying off Livingston and other members of the board of Eureka Opera.
Anne and strode over to Alanna Brooks, who looked up, startled, as she approached.
With a muttered comment, Alanna pulled curtains across to block the glare.