Albany
name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Scotland north of the River Forth. archaic
- 2 A prominent duchy bestowed upon younger sons of the royal family, belonging first to the Scottish peerage and then (after the 1707 Act of Union) to the British. It is currently suspended. countable, historical, uncountable
- 3 The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.
- 4 A sizable city, the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States (76,939 during the 2000 census).
- 5 A port city in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
"Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown."
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- 6 A northern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
- 7 A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).
- 8 A surname, from the title of the Duke of Albany. countable, uncountable
- 9 A major river in Ontario, Canada.
- 10 A former district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. historical
- 11 A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Albany.
- 12 A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.
- 13 Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:; A home rule city, the county seat of Clinton County, Kentucky.
- 14 Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:; A city, the county seat of Gentry County, Missouri.
- 15 Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:; An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
- 16 Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:; A city, the county seat of Linn County, Oregon.
- 17 Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:; A city, the county seat of Shackelford County, Texas, United States. Named after Albany, Georgia.
- 18 Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:; A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
- 19 A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albany Township.
Example
More examples"One old man came to Jackson from Albany, New York."
Etymology
From Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania (“Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Alba (“Scotland”), from Old Irish Albu (“Britain, Scotland”), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“world”, literally “white (place)”) (compare Old Welsh elbid (“world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰos (“white”), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover. Doublet of Albania.
From Middle English Albany ("Scotland"), a Scottish duchy created in 1398 and bestowed upon younger sons of the King of Scots which became a British title upon the 1707 Act of Union.
Named in honor of the crown prince James, Duke of Albany and York
Named in honor of Albany, the capital city of New York state
Named in honor of Prince Frederick, duke of Albany and York, the second son of King George III of Britain
Named in honour of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and son of Queen Victoria of Britain
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