# Alba
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlbə/, /ˈælbə/

### Etymology 1

From Romanian Alba.

#### Proper noun

Alba
* A county of Transylvania, Romania.

##### Related terms

* Alba Iulia
* Russia Alba

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1. Related to albino, Albania and Elbe. More at Albany.

#### Proper noun

Alba
* (historical, poetic or rare) Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.

##### Derived terms

* Albanian

### Etymology 3

From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.

#### Proper noun

Alba
* A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.
* A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.

### Anagrams

* AABL, Ba'al, Baal, Bala, Baʿal, LABA, baal, blaa, laab

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Alba f
* a female given name

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Alba f
* Clipping of Alba de Tormes.
** Ana Isabel Fernández Rodríguez et al., El pueblu quirosán: una unidá social in 1991, Cultures: revista asturiana de cultura, volume 1, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 79:
    Les que más poder de convocatoria tienen son les romeríes de dellos centros devocionales (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), qu’ atraen a xente de tol conceyu y d’otros conceyos vecinos (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).
       Those which have the greatest summoning power are the religious festivals of various devotional centres (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), which attract people from the entire municipality and from other neighbouring municipalities (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈal.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈal.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈal.ba]

### Proper noun

Alba f
* Alba (any of various places)

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* Albain (originally the dative, now also common in the nominative)

### Etymology

From Old Irish Albu, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal̪ˠəbˠə/, /ˈalˠəbˠə/

### Proper noun

Alba f (genitive Alban)
* (dated) Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
Alba
vocative
a Alba
genitive
Alban
dative
Albain
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an Alba
genitive
na hAlban
dative
leis an Albain don Albain :
* The definite article is used only in the genitive.

#### Derived terms

* Alba Nua f (“Nova Scotia”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Albu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 215, page 81

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Alba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alba
* Hyphenation: Àl‧ba

### Proper noun

Alba ?
* Synonym of Scozia

#### Derived terms

* albese

### Anagrams

* Baal

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈal.ba/, [ˈäɫ̪bä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈal.ba/, [ˈälbä]

### Proper noun

Alba m sg (genitive Albae); first declension
* (Late Latin) Alternative form of Albis
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Flavius Vopiscus to this entry?)
* The name of a mythical pre-Roman king, Alba Silvius

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

### References

* “Alba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Alba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Romanian
### Etymology

From alba, definite feminine form of alb.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalba/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Alba f
* A county of Romania.
* A village in Hudești, Botoșani County, Romania
* A village in Izvoarele, Tulcea County, Romania

#### Declension
### See also

* Alba
* Arad
* Argeș
* Bacău
* Bihor
* Bistrița-Năsăud
* Botoșani
* Brașov
* Brăila
* București
* Buzău
* Caraș-Severin
* Călărași
* Cluj
* Constanța
* Covasna
* Dâmbovița
* Dolj
* Galați
* Giurgiu
* Gorj
* Harghita
* Hunedoara
* Ialomița
* Iași
* Ilfov
* Maramureș
* Mehedinți
* Mureș
* Neamț
* Olt
* Prahova
* Satu Mare
* Sălaj
* Sibiu
* Suceava
* Teleorman
* Timiș
* Tulcea
* Vaslui
* Vâlcea
* Vrancea

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish Albu. Compare with English Albion.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal̪ˠapə/

### Proper noun

Alba f (genitive na h-Alba)
* Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
    Tha Loch Laomainn ann an Albainn.Loch Lomond is in Scotland.

#### Usage notes

* Used with the definite article in the genitive case:
    aibhnichean na h-Alba ― Scotland’s rivers

#### Derived terms

* Alba Nuadh f (“Nova Scotia”)
* BPA m (“Member of the Scottish Parliament”)
* Eaglais na h-Alba f (“the Church of Scotland”)

#### Descendants

* → English: Alba

#### References

* ↑ http://www.taic.me.uk/faclmain.htm

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalba/ [ˈal.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -alba
* Syllabification: Al‧ba

### Proper noun

Alba f
* a female given name from alba (“dawn”), of modern usage
* a habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔalba/ [ˈʔal.bɐ]
* Rhymes: -alba
* Syllabification: Al‧ba
* Homophone: alba

### Proper noun

Alba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊ)
* a surname from Spanish

#### Statistics

* According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alba is the 277th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 27,607 individuals.

### Anagrams

* laab, bala, abla, alab, laba