Anauni
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The Anauni were a Celtic–Rhaetic[1] tribe living in the Non Valley (Trentino region, Italy), during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
They are mentioned as Anaunorum on the edict of Claudius (46 AD),[2] and as Anauniae by Paulinus (5th c. AD).[3][4]
The ethnonym Anauni is a Latinized from of the Gaulish *anaunoi (from an earlier *ana-mn-oi), derived from the Celtic stem *ana- ('to remain'; cf. Old Irish anaid 'waits, remains'). It has been interpreted as meaning 'the Staying Ones' or the 'Sedentary', in contrast to the ethnonym Alauni, meaning 'the wanderers, errants, nomads'.[5]
