alba
[ahl-buh, al-]
- 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
Alba
[al-buh; Spanish ahl-vah]
- Duke of. Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
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Alba.
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Examples from the Web for alba
Contemporary Examples
A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.
Historical Examples
From Alba and Spain, and the far-off isles of Greece, kings came to woo her.
Irish Fairy TalesEdmond Leamy
Let others look to this; for I am not King of Alba, but captain of the host only.
Stories From LivyAlfred Church
Surely the men of Alba themselves had not borne to see such a sight.
Stories From LivyAlfred Church
It was not by any ordering of mine that the men of Alba went towards the mountains.
Stories From LivyAlfred Church
The men of Alba also took the oath, and confirmed it after their own fashion.
Stories From LivyAlfred Church
Alba
- Duke of Alba See Alva
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