Albion
n. ancient Roman name for Britain | ||||
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Albion Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Albion
(n.)
An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
(n.)
An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
| WordNet 2.0 |
Albion
Noun
1. archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
(hypernym) England
Noun
1. archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
(hypernym) England
| hEnglish - advanced version |
albion
albion
\al"bi*on\ (&?;), n. [prob. from the same root as gael. alp a height or hill. "it may have been bestowed on the land lying behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of gaul. albany, the old name of scotland, means probably the "hilly land." taylor.] an ancient name of england, still retained in poetry. in that nook-shotten isle of albion.
albion
\al"bi*on\ (&?;), n. [prob. from the same root as gael. alp a height or hill. "it may have been bestowed on the land lying behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of gaul. albany, the old name of scotland, means probably the "hilly land." taylor.] an ancient name of england, still retained in poetry. in that nook-shotten isle of albion.
Albion Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
Albion
N F
Britain (ancient name)
N F
Britain (ancient name)
Albion Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Australian Post Codes |
3020
Locality : ALBION
State: VIC
Locality : ALBION
State: VIC
4010
Locality : ALBION
State: QLD
| US Zip Codes |
04910
State: MAINE
City: ALBION
State: MAINE
City: ALBION
14411
State: NEW YORK
City: ALBION
46701
State: INDIANA
City: ALBION
49224
State: MICHIGAN
City: ALBION
50005
State: IOWA
City: ALBION
62806
State: ILLINOIS
City: ALBION
68620
State: NEBRASKA
City: ALBION
95410
State: CALIFORNIA
City: ALBION
| Australian GPS + Postcode Town Index |
ALBION QLD
QLD -27.43174 153.04552 4010
QLD -27.43174 153.04552 4010
ALBION VIC
VIC -37.77966 144.83002 3020
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Albion
Britain.
Britain.
Albion Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Albion
Albion (called Alouion by Ptolemy) is the most ancient name of Great Britain, though sometimes used to refer to the United Kingdom, or specifically (incorrectly) to England.
Occasionally it instead refers to only Scotland, whose name in Gaelic is Alba (and similarly, in Irish, and Yr Alban in Welsh). Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History (iv.xvi.102) applies it unequivocally to Great Britain: "It was itself named Albion, while all the islands about which we shall soon briefly speak were called the Britanniae." The name Great Britain originates with the Picts, a people present in the British Isles before the Celts. The Britons and early Welsh of the south knew them, in the P-Celtic form of "Cruithne", as Prydyn; the terms "Britain" and "Briton" come from the same root. The name Albion was taken by medieval writers from Pliny and Ptolemy.
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