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Webster 1913 Edition
Albion
Al′bi-on
,Noun.
[Prob. from the same root as Gael.
alp
a height or hill. “It may have been bestowed on the land lying behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of Gaul. Albany
, the old name of Scotland, means probably the “hilly land.” I. Taylor.
] An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
In that nook-shotten isle of
Albion
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Albion
AL'BION
,Noun.