Alemanna

Alemanna

See also: alemanna

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Aleimanna

Etymology

From Latin Alemānnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.le.ˈma.ɲa/

Proper noun

Alemanna f

1. Germany (the land of the German people)
   • 13th century CE, 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