Alén

See also: alen, Alen, and alén

Galician

Etymology

From alén (“beyond; the other side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɛŋ/ [aˈlɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ
• Hyphenation: A‧lén

Proper noun

Alén m

1. a number of villages mostly in southern Galicia
2. a toponymical surname

See also

• Alén on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Alén” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Alén” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Alén”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG