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alba [ ahl -buh , al - ] SHOW IPA
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noun
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
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Origin of alba 1815–25; <Old Provençal: dawn <Latin, feminine of albus white
Words nearby alba Alateen ,
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Alba
[ al -buh ; Spanish ahl -bah ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈæl bə; Spanish ˈɑl bɑ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
Fer·nan·do Al·va·rez de To·le·do [fer -nahn -daw -ahl -vah-r eth th e taw-le -th aw], /fɛrˈnɑn dɔ ˈɑl vɑˌrɛθ ðɛ tɔˈlɛ ðɔ/, Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general and third Duke of Alba; suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567. Other definitions for alba (3 of 3)
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How to use alba in a sentence The Truffle Hunters follows a group of elderly men who—along with their trusty, snuffling dogs—forage in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, for ultra-rare Alba truffles, which cannot be cultivated.
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The joke’s on the skeptics, however — Alba has launched a proof of concept and is ready to send the real thing up as well.
Carrying on cultural tradition, an eccentric group of spry septua- and octogenarians unearth Tuber magnatum, the Alba truffle, outside the small Piedmontese village of Moncalvo.
Elsewhere, the high demand for Alba truffles has spurred a profitable and vast conspiracy of fakes.
A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.
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On his planned Battle Angel adaptation: I never tweeted casting Jessica Alba for Battle Angel.
The little country of Alba nia is so called from Alba , or "white," because of its snowy mountains.
At the head of this league stood Alba Longa (the long white city).
Rome in an early period in her history overthrew Alba Longa and succeeded to her place at the head of the confederacy.
But sailing on, he finally discovered that it was a river, which he explored to the point where Alba -ny now stands.
Grimm has recorded that in old German, the caterpillar was named Alba , and that the Alp often takes the form of a butterfly.
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