Albany

Meanings

1. Scotland north of the River Forth.

1. A prominent duchy bestowed upon younger sons of the royal family, belonging first to the Scottish peerage and then (after the 1707 Act of Union) to the British. It is currently suspended.
2. A surname, from the title of the Duke of Albany.

1. The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.
2. A major river in Ontario, Canada.
3. A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.

1. A sizable city, the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States (76,939 during the 2000 census).
2. A former district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
4. A home rule city, the county seat of Clinton County, Kentucky.
5. A city, the county seat of Gentry County, Missouri.
6. An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
7. A city, the county seat of Linn County, Oregon.
8. A city, the county seat of Shackelford County, Texas, United States. Named after Albany, Georgia.
9. A city in Alameda County, California, United States.
10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albany Township.

1. A port city in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
2. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Albany.

1. A northern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

1. A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Celtic *albiyū Old Irish Albubor. Medieval Latin Albaniabor. Middle English Albany English Albany From Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania (“Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Alba (“Scotland”), from Old Irish Albu (“Britain, Scotland”), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“world”, literally “white (place)”) (compare Old Welsh elbid (“world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰos (“white”), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover. Doublet of Albania.