αλάνα

Greek

αλάνα • (alána) f (plural αλάνες)

(colloquial) vacant lot, empty lot (plot of land that hasn't been built on)

Τα παιδιά παίζουν ποδόσφαιρο στην αλάνα. ― Ta paidiá paízoun podósfairo stin alána. ― The children play football in the vacant lot.
(colloquial, derogatory, by extension) bum, tramp, lout (person who lives, or spends most of his/her time, in the streets or in the above lot)

Έχουν μαζευτεί όλες οι αλάνες της γειτονιάς και κάνουν θόρυβο. ― Échoun mazefteí óles oi alánes tis geitoniás kai kánoun thóryvo. ― All the louts of the neighbourhood have gathered and are making noise.

declension of αλάνα

	singular	plural
nominative	αλάνα •	αλάνες •
genitive	αλάνας •	αλανών •
accusative	αλάνα •	αλάνες •
vocative	αλάνα •	αλάνες •
The genitive plural is uncommon and considered awkward by scholars.

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