Great Dane

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Name (Latin)
Great Dane
Other forms of name
Alano
Deutsche dogge
Dogo aleman
Dogue allemand
German boarhound
German mastiff
nne Great Danes
See Also From tracing topical name
Mastiff breeds
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q5414
Library of congress: sh 85056979
Sources of Information
  • Web. 3(Great Dane)
  • LC database, Aug. 3, 1998(great Dane; Great Danes)
  • De Prisco mini-atlas dog breeds:p. 132 (Great Dane; Deutsche Dogge, German Boarhound, Alano, Dogo Aleman)
  • AKC dogs:p. 335 (Great Dane; The name of the breed (in the English language) is a translation of an old French designation, grand Danois, meaning "big Danish." This was only one of half a dozen names which had been used for centuries in France. Why the English adopted the "Great Dane" from the French is a mystery. At the same time the French were also calling it dogue allemand or "German Mastiff." "Mastiff" in English, dogge in the Germanic, dogue or dogo in the Latin languages, all meant the same thing: a giant dog with a heavy head for fighting or hunting purposes.)
  • De Prisco canine lex.(Great Dane; also: German Mastiff, Deutsche Dogge, Dogo Aleman, Alano, and German Boarhound)
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Wikipedia description:

The Great Dane is a German breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer. They were also used as guardian dogs of German nobility. It is one of the two largest dog breeds in the world, along with the Irish Wolfhound.

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