alem (alem)

[Turk. ' alem, a flag, banner, standard, ensign, the crescent, Encyc. Brit., XX. 4. [ Alemannic (al-ē-man'ik), a. and n. mannicus, Alamannicus, pertaining to the Ale manni, Alamanni, the Latinized form of the German name of a confederation of German tribes, lit. all men, after Goth. alamans, all men, all mankind, F. Allemagne, Germany, Al lemand, German: see Alman, Almain.] I. a. Belonging to the Alemanni, confederated German tribes who began to appear between the Main and the Danube about the beginning of the third century, and occupied that region completely. II. n. The language of the Alemanni, or ancient people of southwestern Germany. Also spelled Allemannic .