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Alba

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See also: alba, Albà, and albă

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlbə/, /ˈælbə/

Etymology 1

From Romanian Alba.

Proper noun

Alba

  1. A county of Transylvania, Romania.
Translations
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Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1. Related to albino, Albania and Elbe. More at Albany.

Proper noun

Alba

  1. (historical, poetic or rare) Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.

Proper noun

Alba

  1. A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.
  2. A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.

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Albanian

Proper noun

Alba f

  1. a female given name

Asturian

Proper noun

Alba f

  1. clipping of Alba de Tormes
    • Ana Isabel Fernández Rodríguez et al., El pueblu quirosán: una unidá social in 1991, Cultures: revista asturiana de cultura, volume 1, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 79:
      Les que más poder de convocatoria tienen son les romeríes de dellos centros devocionales (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), qu’ atraen a xente de tol conceyu y d’otros conceyos vecinos (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).
      Those which have the greatest summoning power are the religious festivals of various devotional centres (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), which attract people from the entire municipality and from other neighbouring municipalities (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alba f

  1. Alba (any of various places)

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