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

They promise opportunities for high-paying, short-term alba, as part-time jobs are known here, from the German word for “job,” arbeit.

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

The European white poplar, Populus alba L., with light gray bark and leaves, white wooly beneath, is often found near old houses and along roadsides.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.