Alba (disambiguation)

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Alba may refer to:

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[edit] Things

  • the female form alba of the Latin word albus 'white'; in Spanish, it also means sunrise.
    • as name of the white liturgical vestment Alb
    • in many botanical names (mostly grammatically female), for species etcetera that are lighter or color (not always white or even whitish) then related ones; e.g. Alba roses, a group of roses named after the botanical species Rosa alba
  • ALBA (synchrotron), a synchrotron radiation facility in Barcelona, Spain
  • Alba (rabbit), a genetically altered rabbit
  • Alba (poetry), a Provencal genre of poetry
  • Alba (1907 automobile), an Austrian vintage car
  • Alba (1913 automobile), a French vintage car
  • Alba, a planet in the fictional universe of Star Wars.

[edit] In Geography

In Britain: Alba is a common name for the country of Scotland in Scottish Gaelic and other Goidelic languages, derived from a Goidelic word which referred originally to the whole of Great Britain. In most other places Alba is part of an ancient Latin name containing - and/or a modern name deriving from the Latin female adjective meaning 'white'.

In Italy:

In Romania:

In Spain:

In the United States of America:

[edit] People

Alba is a female first name in Italy, Spain and other Latin countries.

[edit] Organizations

  • Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts French for Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts-

Fine-Arts School in Beirut since 1937, degrees in architecture (officially recognized in France), interior design, graphic design, visual arts and plastic arts.


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