14-610: [REDACTED] Look up Alban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alban may refer to: Alban (surname) Alban (given name) Alban people , Latin people from the city of Alba Longa. Things or people from or related to Alba (Gaelic for 'Scotland') Alban wine , a wine of Ancient Rome from Colli Albani Alban Vineyards , California wine produced by vintner John Alban An alternative name used in Spain for wines made from
28-944: A wine of Ancient Rome from Colli Albani Alban Vineyards , California wine produced by vintner John Alban An alternative name used in Spain for wines made from the Palomino (grape) A minor Kazakh Jüz "horde", numbering ca. 100,000 Places [ edit ] Alban hills of Rome, Italy ( also known as Colli Albania ) Alban, Tarn , France Alban, Wisconsin , US, a town Alban (community), Wisconsin , US, an unincorporated community Alban, Ontario , Canada Albán , Colombia Albán, Cundinamarca , Colombia Yr Alban , Welsh for Scotland See also [ edit ] Albany (disambiguation) Albania (disambiguation) Albanian (disambiguation) Saint-Alban (disambiguation) St. Albans (disambiguation) St Albans railway station (disambiguation) St. Albans School (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
42-448: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alban [REDACTED] Look up Alban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alban may refer to: Alban (surname) Alban (given name) Alban people , Latin people from the city of Alba Longa. Things or people from or related to Alba (Gaelic for 'Scotland') Alban wine ,
56-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alba Alba ( / ˈ æ l b ə , ˈ æ l v ə / AL -bə, AL -və , Scottish Gaelic: [ˈal̪ˠəpə] ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland . It is also, in English-language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in
70-830: Is from the latter that Albany , the capital of the US state of New York , and Albany , Western Australia , take their names. It also appears in the anglicised literary form of Albyn , as in Byron 's Childe Harold : BBC Alba , a television channel broadcasting mainly in Scottish Gaelic, was launched in September 2008 as a joint venture between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Gaelic company MG Alba . A new version of Runrig 's song Alba (originally on their album, The Cutter and
84-533: The High Medieval period as "Albania" (it is unclear whether it may ultimately share the same etymon as the modern Albania ). This latter word was employed mainly by Celto-Latin writers, and most famously by Geoffrey of Monmouth . It was this word which passed into Middle English as Albany , although very rarely was this used for the Kingdom of Scotland , but rather for the notional Duchy of Albany . It
98-722: The Palomino (grape) A minor Kazakh Jüz "horde", numbering ca. 100,000 Places [ edit ] Alban hills of Rome, Italy ( also known as Colli Albania ) Alban, Tarn , France Alban, Wisconsin , US, a town Alban (community), Wisconsin , US, an unincorporated community Alban, Ontario , Canada Albán , Colombia Albán, Cundinamarca , Colombia Yr Alban , Welsh for Scotland See also [ edit ] Albany (disambiguation) Albania (disambiguation) Albanian (disambiguation) Saint-Alban (disambiguation) St. Albans (disambiguation) St Albans railway station (disambiguation) St. Albans School (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
112-692: The Clan ) was featured on the channel's launch. In the mid-1990s, the Celtic League started a campaign to have the word "Alba" on the Scottish football and rugby tops. Since 2005, the SFA have supported the use of Scottish Gaelic by adding Alba on the back of the official team strip. However, as of 2008, the SRU is still being lobbied to have Alba added to the national rugby union strip. In 2007,
126-800: The Scots'. In the past, these terms were names for Great Britain as a whole, related to the Brythonic name Albion . The term first appears in classical texts as Ἀλβίων Albíōn or Ἀλουΐων Alouíōn (in Ptolemy 's writings in Greek ), and later as Albion in Latin documents. Historically, the term refers to Britain as a whole and is ultimately based on the Indo-European root for "white". It later came to be used by Gaelic speakers in
140-534: The form of Alba ( dative Albainn , genitive Albann , now obsolete) as the name given to the former kingdom of the Picts which, when first used in this sense (around the time of king Causantín mac Áeda (Constantine II, 943–952)), had expanded. The region of Breadalbane ( Bràghad Albann , the upper part of "Alba") takes its name from it as well. As time passed, that kingdom incorporated other territories to its south. It became re- Latinised in
154-795: The ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba , until it developed into the Kingdom of Scotland of the late Middle Ages following the absorption of Strathclyde and English-speaking Lothian in the 12th century. It is cognate with the Irish term Alba (gen. Alban , dat. Albain ) and the Manx term Nalbin , the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages , as well as contemporary words used in Cornish ( Alban ) and Welsh ( Yr Alban ), both of which are Brythonic Insular Celtic languages. The third surviving Brythonic language, Breton , instead uses Bro-Skos , meaning 'country of
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#1732766138757168-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alban . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alban&oldid=1063981803 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
182-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alban . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alban&oldid=1063981803 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-473: The then Scottish Executive re-branded itself as "The Scottish Government" and started to use a bilingual logo with the Gaelic name Riaghaltas na h-Alba . However, the Gaelic version from the outset had always been Riaghaltas na h-Alba . The Scottish Parliament , likewise, uses the Gaelic name Pàrlamaid na h-Alba . A new welcome sign on the historic A7 route into Scotland was erected in 2009, with
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