alba

[ahl-buh, al-]

noun

a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.

Origin of alba

1815–25; < Old Provençal: dawn < Latin, feminine of albus white

Alba

[al-buh; Spanish ahl-vah]

noun

Duke of. Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.

Alba.

Alberta.

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Examples from the Web for alba

Contemporary Examples of alba

A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.
Adiós to the Diva Duchess
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 20, 2014

Historical Examples of alba

From Alba and Spain, and the far-off isles of Greece, kings came to woo her.
Irish Fairy Tales
Edmond Leamy
Let others look to this; for I am not King of Alba, but captain of the host only.
Stories From Livy
Alfred Church
Surely the men of Alba themselves had not borne to see such a sight.
Stories From Livy
Alfred Church
It was not by any ordering of mine that the men of Alba went towards the mountains.
Stories From Livy
Alfred Church
The men of Alba also took the oath, and confirmed it after their own fashion.
Stories From Livy
Alfred Church

British Dictionary definitions for alba

Alba

noun

Duke of Alba See Alva

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alba in Medicine

alba

[ăl′bə]

n.

white matter