Alemanna

See also: alemanna

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Aleimanna

Etymology

From Latin Alemānnia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.le.ˈma.ɲa/

Proper noun

Alemanna f

Germany (the land of the German people)
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 218 (facsimile):
  Eſta é como ſanta maría guareceu en víla ſírga un ome bõo Dalemanna que era contreito.
  This one is [about] how Holy Mary cured, in Villalcázar de Sirga, a good man from Germany who was paralysed.

Descendants

Galician: Alemaña
Portuguese: Alemanha

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