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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.
An ancient name of England, still used in poetry. It is supposed this name was given to it on account of its white cliffs.

Definition 2024

Albion

Albion

See also: Álbion

English

The first European map from a 1552 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, depicting "Hibernia" and "Albion" as known to the Romans.

Proper noun

Albion

  1. (now poetic) England (or sometimes the British Isles).
  2. Any of several small towns in the United States.
  3. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, a football team from West Bromwich
    • 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
      The Reds laid siege to the Albion goal throughout, with Jordan Henderson striking the underside of the bar and Dirk Kuyt the inside of the post.

Translations

Related terms

  • perfidious Albion

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.bʲɔn/

Noun

Albion m inan

  1. (poetic) Albion, England

Usage notes

Often used with the adjective mglisty ‎(“foggy”).

Declension

Swedish

Proper noun

Albion

  1. Albion

Etymology

Ancient Gallo-Latin name for Britain, Albiōn (Middle Welsh Albbu, Old Irish Albu), is 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 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.

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