Alemanni
plural noun
Al·e·man·ni
variants or Alamanni
ˌa-lə-ˈma-ˌnī,
-ˈma-nē
: a predominantly Suevian coalition of Germanic peoples first mentioned in the 3d century a.d. that settled in the area between the Main and Danube rivers and whose descendants are German-speaking inhabitants of Alsace, Switzerland, and southwestern Germany
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic alamans totality of people
First Known Use
1707, in the meaning defined above