Albany

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Albany often refers to:

• Albany, New York, the capital of the U.S. state of New York, and the largest US city named Albany
• Albany, Georgia, a city in the U.S. state of Georgia
• Albany, Western Australia, a port city in Australia

Albany may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Relating to Albany, Western Australia:
  • City of Albany, the Western Australian local government area responsible for Albany
  • Electoral district of Albany, the district of the Western Australian Legislative Council covering Albany
• Albany Creek, a suburb of Brisbane
• Albany Island, an island at Cape York Peninsula

Canada

• Albany, Nova Scotia
• Albany River, Ontario
• Albany, Prince Edward Island in Prince County, Prince Edward Island
• Fort Albany, Ontario

New Zealand

• Albany, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland

South Africa

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

United Kingdom

• An archaic name for Scotland, derived from the Gaelic Alba
• Albany, Tyne and Wear, a suburb of Washington

United States of America

• Albany, Alabama (1887–1927; merged with Decatur, Alabama), named in honor of Albany, New York in 1916
• Albany, California, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1909
• Albany, Georgia
• Albany, Illinois
• Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois
• Albany, Indiana
• Albany, Iowa, in Westfield Township, Fayette County
• Albany, Kentucky, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1837
• Albany, Louisiana
• Albany, Minnesota
• Albany, Missouri
• Albany, New Hampshire, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1833
• Albany, New York
• Albany, Ohio
• Albany, Oklahoma, named in honor of Albany, New York
• Albany, Oregon, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1848
• Albany, Pennsylvania
• Albany, Texas, named in honor of Albany, Georgia in 1873
• Albany, Vermont
• Albany, Wisconsin, a village located within the town of Albany, Green County
• Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
• Albany, Pepin County, Wisconsin, a town
• Albany, Wyoming

Transport

Air

• Albany Airport (disambiguation), a list of airports associated with towns named Albany

Ships

• HMS Albany, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
• HMAS Albany, an Armidale–class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
• MV Empire Albany, later renamed Albany.
• USS Albany, the name of five ships of the United States Navy, all named for Albany, New York

Road

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

Rail

• Albany, Oregon (Amtrak station)
• Albany-Rensselaer (Amtrak station), New York

Buildings

• Albany (Liverpool), formerly a meeting place for cotton brokers, now divided into apartments
• Albany (London), a famous apartment complex in London
• Albany (HM Prison), a Category B men's prison on the Isle of Wight
• Albany Theatre (formerly the Albany Empire), in Deptford, South London

Geography

• Albany River, in Canada
• Lake Albany, a prehistoric proglacial lake

People

• Albany Leon Bigard, better known as Barney Bigard, jazz musician
• Duke of Albany, a Scottish, and later, British Peerage title
• Michael of Alban, self-style of Michel Roger Lafosse; Stewart claimant.
• Regent Albany (disambiguation), the title of several Dukes of Albany who served as regent of the Kingdom of Scotland

Organizations and institutions

• Albany Great Danes, the athletic program of the University at Albany
• Albany Movement, desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in 1961
• Albany Records, a record label in Albany, New York
• Albany State University, Albany, Georgia
• Albany Symphony Orchestra, New York
• University at Albany, SUNY, New York
• Albany Academy, Chorley, England
• The Albany School, London, England

Songs

• Albany (1981), a well-known German language schlager by the British singer Roger Whittaker

See also

• New Albany (disambiguation)
• Albany Township (disambiguation)
• Albany County (disambiguation)
• Alba, the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, also anglicized as Albany