Alba (disambiguation)
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Alba may refer to:
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[edit] Things
- the female form alba of the Latin word albus 'white'; in Spanish, it also means sunrise.
- ALBA (synchrotron), a synchrotron radiation facility in Barcelona, Spain
- Alba (rabbit), a genetically altered rabbit
- Alba (poetry), a Provencal genre of poetry
- Alba (1907 automobile), an Austrian vintage car
- Alba (1913 automobile), a French vintage car
[edit] In Geography
In Britain: Alba is a common name for the country of Scotland in Scottish Gaelic and other Goidelic languages, derived from a Goidelic word which referred originally to the whole of Great Britain. In most other places Alba is part of an ancient Latin name containing - and/or a modern name deriving from the Latin female adjective meaning 'white'.
In Italy:
- Alba (CN), a town in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
- Republic of Alba (1796-1801)
- Republic of Alba (1944)
- Alba Docilia, modern Albissola
- Alba Fucens near the lake Fucinus Lacus, in Samnium
- Alba Longa, Latium
In Romania:
- Alba County
- Alba Iulia, the capital city of the Alba County
- Alba, a village in Hudeşti Commune, Botoşani County
- Alba, a village in Izvoarele Commune, Tulcea County
In Spain:
- Alba, Spain, in Aragon
- Alba de Tormes, Castile-Leon (Origin of the Castilian noble House of Alba) and Alba de Yeltes
In the United States of America:
- Alba, Michigan
- Alba, Missouri
- Alba, Pennsylvania
- Alba, Texas
- Alba Township, Illinois
- Alba Township, Minnesota
[edit] People
Alba is a female first name in Italy, Spain and other Latin countries.
- Alba (Ancient Rome)- king of Alba Longa
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, see also List of Dukes of Alba
- Jessica Alba
[edit] Organizations
- Alba was a previous name of Italian football club A.S. Roma.
- Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (French for Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts), Fine-Arts School in Beirut since 1937, degrees in architecture (officially recognized in France), interior design, graphic design, visual arts and plastic arts.
- Alba (electronics), a brand of consumer electronics sold in the United Kingdom
- ALBA Graduate Business School, a private, not-for-profit, Business School based in Greece
- the Spanish acronym for Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas 'Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas', a Latin American political, social and economic cooperation project meant as a left wing alternative to the pro-US Aladi
- ALBA (mission), OSCE's mission in Albania
- The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (Spanish: Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas or ALBA)
[edit] Fiction
- Alba, a planet in the fictional universe of Star Wars.
- Alba is the son of Darkstalkers character Aulbath.
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