Aller

Inherited from Old English Alre.

Aller

1. A place in England:
   1. A hamlet in Kentisbeare parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0506).
   2. A suburban area in Kingskerswell parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8768). ^[1]
   3. A small settlement in Hilton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7602).
   4. A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4029). ^[2]
   5. A minor river in west Somerset, which gives its name to Allerford.
2. A river in Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Weser.
3. A river in Asturias, Spain.
4. A municipality in Asturias, northern Spain.
5. A surname.

From Old High German Alara, from earlier Elera and Alera, of uncertain origin:.

• From Proto-Germanic *alizō (“alder”) + *ahwō (“water”), meaning "alder water".
• From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- common in many other river names, such as the Allia in Latium, Alaunus in some Celtic sites, and the Ille in Brittany. See also French aller (“to go”), German eilen (“to hasten, hurry”), Swedish ila. More at Aller.

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die Aller f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Aller)

1. a river in Germany

• Ferguson, Robert (1862): The River-names of Europe, p. 71