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Aller may refer to: Places Rivers * Aller (Germany), a major river in North Germany *Aller (Asturian river), a river in Asturias, Spain *River Aller, a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England Inhabited places in the United Kingdom *Aller, Devon, a village in Devon, England *Aller, Dorset, a village in Dorset, England *Aller, Somerset, a village and parish in Somerset, England **Aller and Beer Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England **Aller Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England *Aller Grove, a village in Devon, England *Aller Park, Devon, also known as Aller, near Newton Abbot, Devon, England Inhabited Places elsewhere * Aller, Asturias, a municipality in Asturias, Spain Other uses * Aller (surname) * Aller Media, a Danish publishing company, publishers of ''Allers'' magazine * All England Law Reports, law reports covering England and Wales, cited as ''All ER'' See also *Allers (surname) Allers is a surname. Notable people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aller (Germany)
The Aller is a river in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway (''Bundeswasserstraße''). The Aller was extensively straightened, widened and, in places, dyked, during the 1960s to provide flood control of the river. In a section near Gifhorn, the river meanders in its natural river bed. History Meaning of the name The river's name, which was recorded in 781 as ''Alera'', in 803 as ''Elera'', in 1096 as ''Alara'', has two possible derivations: # A shortened form of ''*Eleraha'', where ''*Eler'' in Old German ''*olisa'' or Old Slavic ''olsa'' (Polish: ''olsza'') would mean ''Erle'' ("alder") and ''aha'' (pronounced in German: ''Acha'') is an old word frequently used in river names to mean "water" (c.f. the Latin ''aqua''). The name of the tree passed into Low German as ''Eller'', which is very close to the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
