Talk:Alamannia

Etymology?
Not mentioned. Possibly "alle manne", ie. "all men" i.e. a confederation of tribes. In any case, latin "alemanni" -> "allemand" (German) in modern French. Alemanni Dictionary.com name of a Suebic tribe or confederation that settled in Alsace and part of Switzerland (and source of the Fr. Allemand "German"), from P.Gmc. *Alamanniz, probably meaning "all-man" and denoting a wide alliance of tribes, but perhaps meaning "foreign men" (cf. Allobroges, name of a Celtic tribe in what is now Savoy, in L. lit. "the aliens," in reference to their having driven out the original inhabitants), in which case the al- is cognate with the first element in L. alius "the other" and Eng. else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.7.9.19 (talk) 19:51, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

The map
Bold textde:Bild:Alamannien_Hochburgund_ca_1000.png: situation around AD 1000.
 * Could someone please translate this map into English? The Jade Knight 20:46, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy
There was no breakthrough of the line in 213. That came much later. The article needs to be checked for accuracy. Right now we are working on Alamanni.Dave 13:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Translation of Name
small item: this article says "alemania" for germany is in modern castilian spanish. and the 'Alamanni' article says its in spanish, without making distinction of dialect. i dont speak castilian spanish, but im very familiar with it. i speak mexican spanish, and that's exactly how i say germany, and speakers from other latin american countries say it the same. maybe this article needs to be revised by simply omitting "castilian".4.230.162.96 04:56, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Castilian is used sometimes to disinguish Spanish from the other languages of Spain: Catalan, Galician, Asturian, etc. However, I see your point and the meaning will be clearest to Anglophones without the "Castilian." Srnec 05:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Purpose of the article
How this "territory" is more "Alamannia" than any other territory settled by the Alemannic before or after? Cryfe (talk) 14:24, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Redondancy : merge requested
Hi,

I'm Laszlo, from French Wikipedia. It seems you get two articles treating the same subject : Alamannia and Alemanni. I think you can merge its. Laszlo (talk) 14:16, 11 January 2017 (UTC)