Albion

Meanings

1. Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).
2. Any of several places in the United States:
3. A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
4. A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Illinois.
5. A town, the county seat of Noble County, Indiana, also located in Albion Township and Jefferson Township. Named after Albion, New York.
6. A city, the county seat of Boone County, Nebraska.
7. A village, the county seat of Orleans County, New York.
8. A village in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
9. A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albion Township.
11. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Brimbank, Victoria, Australia
12. Any of a number of football clubs in Great Britain, including West Bromwich Albion F.C., a football club from West Bromwich in the West Midlands, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., a football club from the city of Brighton and Hove in Sussex, and Stirling Albion F.C., a football club in the city of Stirling in central Scotland.

Etymology

From Middle English Albion, from Latin Albiōn, an Ancient Gallo-Latin name for Britain (Middle Welsh Albbu, Old Irish Albu), from Proto-Celtic *Albiū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”), whence also Latin albus (“white”) and Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”). The primary meaning of the Common Celtic word is "upper world" (as opposed to underworld), with semasiological development similar to e.g. Russian свет (svet, “world; light”). It is often hypothesised that the Romans took it as connected with albus (“white”), in reference to the white cliffs of Dover.