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alba

noun
/ˈæl.bə/UK/ˈɑlbə/

Etymology

First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).

  1. derived from albus
  2. borrowed from alba

Definitions

  1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

  2. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

  3. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. plural of album

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.

    2. Synonym of alb.

      • On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.
      • Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.
      • Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.

    3. A county of Transylvania, Romania.

    4. Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.

    5. A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.

    6. A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.

    7. Abbreviation of Aluminium Bahrain.

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