Alba

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlbə/, /ˈælbə/ === Etymology 1 === From Romanian Alba. ==== Proper noun ==== Alba A county of Transylvania, Romania. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === 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 (historical, poetic or rare) Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286. ===== Derived terms ===== Albanian === Etymology 3 === From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2. ==== Proper noun ==== Alba A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage. A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin. ==== Proper noun ==== Alba Abbreviation of Aluminium Bahrain. === Anagrams === AABL, Ba'al, Baal, Bala, Baʿal, LABA, baal, blaa, laab == Albanian == === Proper noun === Alba f a female given name == Asturian == === Proper noun === Alba f 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 === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈal.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈal.bə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈal.ba] === Proper noun === Alba f Alba (any of various places) == Irish == === Alternative forms === Albain (originally the dative, now also common in the nominative) === Etymology === From Old Irish Albu, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠəbˠə/, /ˈalˠəbˠə/ === Proper noun === Alba f (genitive Alban) (dated) Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom) ==== Declension ==== The definite article is used only in the genitive. ==== Derived terms ==== Alba Nua f (“Nova Scotia”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Alba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/ Rhymes: -alba Hyphenation: Àl‧ba === Proper noun === Alba ? synonym of Scozia ==== Derived terms ==== albese === Anagrams === Baal == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.ba] === Proper noun === Alba m sg (genitive Albae); first declension (Late Latin) alternative form of Albis (Can we find and add a quotation of Flavius Vopiscus to this entry?) The name of a mythical pre-Roman king, Alba Silvius ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Alba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Alba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === From alba, definite feminine form of alb. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalba/ === Proper noun === Alba f a county of Romania a village in Hudești, Botoșani County, Romania a village in Izvoarele, Tulcea County, Romania ==== Declension ==== === See also === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish Albu. Compare with English Albion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠapə/ === Proper noun === Alba f (genitive na h-Alba) Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom) ==== Usage notes ==== Used with the definite article in the genitive case: aibhnichean na h-Alba ― Scotland’s rivers ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Alba Nuadh f (“Nova Scotia”) BPA m (“Member of the Scottish Parliament”) Eaglais na h-Alba f (“the Church of Scotland”) ==== Descendants ==== → English: Alba ==== References ==== === Mutation === == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalba/ [ˈal.β̞a] Rhymes: -alba Syllabification: Al‧ba === Proper noun === Alba f a female given name from alba (“dawn”), of modern usage a habitational surname from place names of obscure origin. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Alba → Tagalog: Alba == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Alba. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalba/ [ˈʔal.bɐ] Rhymes: -alba Syllabification: Al‧ba Homophone: alba === Proper noun === Alba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊ) a surname from Spanish ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alba is the 277th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 27,607 individuals. === Anagrams === laab, bala, abla, alab, laba