What does "albion" mean?
Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).
Albion
/ˈælbi.ən/ name
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).
- Grammar: albion is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: britain, britain personification, england, great britain.
- Usage evidence: If this youth from Albion does not appear soon, I shall set sail without him, prince though he be, and leave him to try his hand at swimming to the Cassiterides.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles). poetic
"[M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold. / For Albion the ſonne of Neptune was, / Who for the proofe of his great puiſſance, / Out of his Albion did on dry-foot pas / Into old Gall, that now is cleeped France, / To fight with Hercules, that did auance / To vanquiſh all the world with his matchleſſe might, […]"
- 2 Any of several places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
- 3 Any of several places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Illinois.
- 4 Any of several places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Noble County, Indiana, also located in Albion Township and Jefferson Township. Named after Albion, New York.
- 5 Any of several places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Boone County, Nebraska.
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- 6 Any of several places in the United States:; A village, the county seat of Orleans County, New York.
- 7 Any of several places in the United States:; A village in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
- 8 Any of several places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- 9 Any of several places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albion Township.
- 10 A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Brimbank, Victoria, Australia
- 11 Any of a number of football clubs in Great Britain, including West Bromwich Albion F.C., a football club from West Bromwich in the West Midlands, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., a football club from the city of Brighton and Hove in Sussex, and Stirling Albion F.C., a football club in the city of Stirling in central Scotland.
"The Reds laid siege to the Albion goal throughout, with Jordan Henderson striking the underside of the bar and Dirk Kuyt the inside of the post."
Synonyms
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"If this youth from Albion does not appear soon, I shall set sail without him, prince though he be, and leave him to try his hand at swimming to the Cassiterides."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "albion"?
Common synonyms include: britain, britain personification, england, great britain, national symbol.
How do you use "albion" in a sentence?
If this youth from Albion does not appear soon, I shall set sail without him, prince though he be, and leave him to try his hand at swimming to the Cassiterides.
How do you pronounce "albion"?
Pronounced /ˈælbi.ən/.
Etymology
From Middle English Albion, from Latin Albiōn, an Ancient Gallo-Latin name for Britain (Middle Welsh Albbu, Old Irish Albu), from Proto-Celtic *Albiū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”), whence also Latin albus (“white”) and Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”). The primary meaning of the Common Celtic word is "upper world" (as opposed to underworld), with semasiological development similar to e.g. Russian свет (svet, “world; light”). It is often hypothesised that the Romans took it as connected with albus (“white”), in reference to the white cliffs of Dover.