alba

¹

[ ahl-buh, al- ]

noun

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

Alba

²

[ al-buh; Spanish ahl-bah ]

noun

1. Fer·nan·do Al·va·rez de To·le·do [fe, r, -, nahn, -daw , ahl, -vah-, r, eth , th, e taw-, le, -, th, aw], Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general and third Duke of Alba; suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567.

Alba.

³

abbreviation for

1. Alberta.

Alba

/ ˈalβa /

noun

1. See Alva
   Duke of Alba
   Duke of Alba See Alva

Word History and Origins

Origin of alba¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Time

Satellite Vu’s $5M seed round will fuel the launch of its thermal imaging satellitesThe seed round will get the next few rounds of satellites into space, and after that Alba will be working on scaling manufacturing to produce hundreds more.

From TechCrunch

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.

From TechCrunch

Elsewhere, the high demand for Alba truffles has spurred a profitable and vast conspiracy of fakes.

From Eater

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.

From Eater

A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.

From The Daily Beast

ESPN's SportsNation compiled a Derek Jeter dating diamond, and Mariah Carey and Jessica Alba were relegated to the outfield.

From The Daily Beast

Rapper The Game was also in attendance at that bash, as well as Jessica Alba, Eddie Murphy, and Paris Hilton, among others.

From The Daily Beast

If you Google your name, a lot of headlines come up like “Jessica Alba Sizzles in Bikini” and stuff of that nature.

From The Daily Beast

On his planned Battle Angel adaptation: I never tweeted casting Jessica Alba for Battle Angel.

From The Daily Beast

The little country of Albania is so called from Alba, or "white," because of its snowy mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

At the head of this league stood Alba Longa (the long white city).

From Project Gutenberg

Rome in an early period in her history overthrew Alba Longa and succeeded to her place at the head of the confederacy.

From Project Gutenberg

But sailing on, he finally discovered that it was a river, which he explored to the point where Alba-ny now stands.

From Project Gutenberg

Grimm has recorded that in old German, the caterpillar was named Alba, and that the Alp often takes the form of a butterfly.

From Project Gutenberg