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References
- ↑ Where it appears in Greek in the dative case: Αλανειουι, Alaneioui.
- ↑ L'Arbre Celtique. "Alaunus" and "Alaunius".
- 1 2 3 Delamarre 2003, p. 37.
- ↑ Matasović 2009, p. 30: "The Gaul. toponym Alaunos and hydronym Alauna are usually derived from the same root, but like most etymologies of toponomastic elements, this is also uncertain."
- Bibliography
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. ISBN 9789004173361.
