# Albany

Albany, derived from the Gaelic for Scotland, most commonly refers to:
* Albany, New York, the capital of the State of New York and largest city of this name
* Albany, Western Australia, a port city in the Great Southern region
Albany may also refer to:

## Arts and music

* "Albany" (1981), a song by the British singer Roger Whittaker
* Albany Theatre (formerly the Albany Empire), in Deptford, South London, England

## Organizations and institutions
### England

* Albany Academy, Chorley
* Hornchurch High School, London, formerly The Albany School

### United States
#### Georgia

* Albany Movement, desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia in 1961
* Albany State University, Albany

#### New York

* Albany Great Danes, the athletic program of the University at Albany
* Albany Records, a record label in Albany
* Albany Symphony Orchestra
* University at Albany, SUNY

## People

* Albany Leon Bigard, better known as Barney Bigard, a jazz musician
* Duke of Albany, a Scottish, and later, British peerage title
** Regent Albany (disambiguation), several Dukes of Albany who were regent of Scotland
* Michel Roger Lafosse, or Michael James Alexander Stewart of Albany, a claimant to the Scottish throne

## Places
### Australia

* Albany, Western Australia, a city
** Port of Albany, the port of Albany
* City of Albany, Western Australia, a local government area
** Albany (suburb), a suburb of the City of Albany
** Port Albany, Western Australia, a suburb of the City of Albany
* Electoral district of Albany, Western Australia
* Albany Creek, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
* Albany Island, off Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

### Bahamas

* Albany, New Providence, a luxury resort

### Canada

* Albany, Edmonton, a neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta
* Albany, Nova Scotia, a community
* Albany, Prince Edward Island, an unincorporated community
* Albany River, a river in Ontario
* Fort Albany First Nation, a tribe in Ontario
** Fort Albany (Ontario), the historical trading post at whose site the First Nation was established

### New Zealand

* Albany, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
* Albany (New Zealand electorate), existed between 1978 and 2002

### South Africa

* Albany, South Africa, a region in the Eastern Cape named after the capital of New York State

### United Kingdom

* Albany, Tyne and Wear, a suburb of Washington
* Albany (Liverpool), formerly a meeting place for cotton brokers, now divided into apartments
* Albany (London), a famous apartment complex in London
* HM Prison Albany, a Category B men's prison on the Isle of Wight

### United States

* Lake Albany, a prehistoric proglacial lake

#### Cities and neighborhoods

* Albany, California, a city
* Albany, Georgia, a city
* Albany Park, Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
* New Albany, Indiana, a city
* Albany, Kentucky, a city
* Albany, Minnesota, a city
* Albany, Missouri, a city
* Albany, New York, the state capital
* Albany, Oregon, a city
* Albany, Texas, a city

#### Towns

* Albany, Indiana, a town
* Albany, Louisiana, a town
* Albany, New Hampshire, a town
* Albany, Vermont, a town
** Albany (village), Vermont, a village in the town
* Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
** Albany, Wisconsin, a village in the town
* Albany, Pepin County, Wisconsin, a town

#### Unincorporated communities

* Albany, Illinois, a village
* Albany, Iowa, an unincorporated community in Westfield Township, Fayette County, Iowa
* Albany, Ray County, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Albany, Ohio, a village
* Albany, Oklahoma, a census-designated place
* Albany, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* Albany, Wyoming, a census-designated place

## Transportation
### Air

* Albany Airport (disambiguation), a list of airports associated with places named Albany

### Ships

* Albany (sternwheeler 1868), operated on the Willamette River in Oregon, United States, wrecked 1875
* HMS Albany, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
* HMAS Albany (ACPB 86), an Armidale–class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
* MV Empire Albany, later renamed Albany
* USS Albany, the name of six ships of the US Navy, all named for Albany, New York

### Road

* Albany (1903 automobile), an early British automobile
* Albany (1907 automobile), an early American automobile
* Albany (automobile), an English car of the 1970s with "veteran styling"

### Rail

* Albany station (Oregon)
* Albany–Rensselaer station, New York