alba

¹ American  

[ahl-buh, al-] / ˈɑl bə, ˈæl- /

noun

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

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Alba ² American  

[al-buh, ahl-bah] / ˈæl bə, ˈɑl bɑ /

noun

1. Fernando Alvarez de Toledo Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general and third Duke of Alba; suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567.

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Alba. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Alberta.

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Alba British  

/ ˈalβa /

noun

1. See Alva

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Etymology

Origin of alba

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

Example Sentences

When he saw a posting online for a high-paying alba for about $2,650, he applied.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2021

This pure white variety of death cap,Amanita phalloides var. alba, resembles many edible species, especially when young.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2014

The linea alba is a white, fibrous band that is made of the bilateral rectus sheaths that join at the anterior midline of the body.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

One is a nocturne, the other, a kind of aubade, or alba.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2013

It consists usually of a surname and a descriptive adjective: Mary Jones, white oak, Quercus alba.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen