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Albula
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albula
English
Proper noun
en administrative district can/Grisons c/Switzerland which replaced Albula District in 2017 Albula Region.
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps dating to a la ine-pro - name for the river meaning "white (with sediment)" or "from the mountains," from ine-pro *albʰós white, ine-pro *h₂elbʰós mountain.G. Alessio "Studi storico-linguisitci messapici" in Archivio Storico Pugliese p. 304; "Sul nome di Brindisi" in Archivio Storico Puglese VIII 1955 p. 211 f.; "Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea" in Atti del VII Congresso Internazionale di Studi Onomastici Firenze 1962 p. 85.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Albula<1> m
The ancient name of the Tiber
la
la small river r/Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny
A small river that flows into the Anio near the town of Tibur
Declension
Albula<1>
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