Albion

Álbion English <dab!> thumb|right|250px|The first European map from a 1552 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, depicting "Hibernia" and "Albion" as known to the Romans. Etymology From en enm Albion, from en la Albiōn, an Ancient Gallo-Latin name for Britain (wlm Albbu, sga Albu), from en cel-pro *Albiū, ultimately from en ine-pro *albʰós white, whence also la albus white and grc ἀλφός whiteness, white leprosy.n 2698484607 The primary meaning of the Common Celtic word is "upper world" (as opposed to underworld), with semasiological development similar to e.g. ru свет world; light. It is often hypothesised that the Romans took it as connected with la albus white, in reference to the white cliffs of Dover. Pronunciation en /ˈælbi.ən/ US en /ˈælbɪən/ UK,also en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Albion.wav Southern England Proper noun en now poetic Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles). 1596.2 IIII XI 160 [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, Any of several places in the United States: en CDP co/Mendocino County s/California. en city/county seat co/Edwards County s/Illinois. en town/county seat co/Noble County s/Indiana also located in twp:Suf/Albion and twp:Suf/Jefferson. Named after Albion, New York. en town co/Kennebec County s/Maine. TopoZone: Albion, Maine en city/county seat co/Boone County s/Nebraska. en village/county seat co/Orleans County s/New York. en town co/Orleans County s/New York, which includes a large part of the village. TopoZone: Albion, Orleans Co., New York en town co/Oswego County s/New York en village town:pref/Lincoln s/Rhode Island. en town/and/unincorporated community co/Dane County s/Wisconsin. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Albion Township. en northern suburb of city/Brisbane in the city:Pref/Brisbane s/Queensland c/Australia. en suburb of city/Melbourne in the city:Pref/Brimbank s/Victoria c/Australia 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 (county) 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. en April 22, 2012 Sam Sheringham Liverpool 0-1 West Brom BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17718147 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226151956/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/sport/0/football/17718147 26 February 2015 Derived terms en Albion metal Albionean Albionian Albion Park Albion Park Rail New Albion Perfidious Albion Related terms en Alba<t:Scotland> Translations England Czech: cs Albion Esperanto: eo Albiono French: fr Albion f German: de Albion n Greek: el Αλβιόνα f Italian: it Albione f Polish: pl Albion m Portuguese: pt Álbion f Russian: ru Альбио́н m-in, more common ru Тума́нный Альбио́н m-in "the Foggy Albion" Spanish: es Albión f Swedish: sv Albion n References Anagrams en abilno Bailon albino laibon no bail no-bail oliban on bail Albanian Proper noun m sq male Declension References 8 French Etymology See the English chapter above. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Albion.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Albion.wav France Noun f - fr poetic derogatory fr England Q21 fr 1793 w:Augustin Louis de Ximénès L'Ère des Français « Attaquons dans ses eaux la perfide Albion. » "Let us attack perfidious Albion in her waters." fr 1878 w:Gustave Flaubert Correspondances « Et la guerre ? Et les forfanteries de la perfide Albion tournant en eau de boudin ? Farce ! Farce ! » "What about war? And what about the conceitedness of the perfidious Albion petering out? What a joke! What a joke! 1982, Yves Martin, Perfide Albion, Saban Records: fr « Perfide Albion je te maudis / Depuis le jour où tu m'as séduit / Je pense à toi en plein Paris / C'est malgré moi j'ai le mal de ton pays "Damn you, Perfidious Albion / Since the day you seduced me / I think about you in the middle of Paris / It is in spite of myself that I am homesick for you" Usage notes Originally used simply for England, now used more extensively to encompass all The United Kingdom. Used mostly in the expression fr perfide Albion. fr Derogatory names for countries Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Albion + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Albion.wav;LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Albion.wav Proper noun m-in pl poetic en Albion England (or sometimes the British Isles) pl mglisty Albion foggy Albion Declension s Further reading pl exonyms pl England Swedish sv: Proper noun sv proper noun en Albion Anagrams sv abilno albino sv England