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Alban¹
Where it comes from
From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin. Act II, Scene I Forsooth, a blind man at Saint Alban's shrine Within this half hour hath receiv'd his sight
- Saint Alban, a Christian martyr executed in Verulamium (St Albans) in the 3rd or 4th century. The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban.
adjective
- Pertaining to the ancient Latin city of Alba Longa. But beside this, there existed at Lavinium another tradition, which inverts the order of things by stating that Lavinium was an Alban colony, founded by six hundred Alban families.
- Pertaining to Alba, or the area now covered by Scotland. At some point during the Picto-Gaelic fusion, St Andrew was adopted as patron of the Alban kingdom.
alban²
- /ˈalbən/ UK
- [ˈalbn̩] UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”).
noun albane
- A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Translations
Talk about this word "alban." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alban. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. alban. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alban "alban." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alban.Cite this
@misc{alban_2026,
title = {alban},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alban},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
