Albany

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Scotland north of the River Forth.
• 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.
• capital city of the state of New York (state) in the USA (country).
• major river Ontario (province) Canada (country).
• A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.
• sizable city, county seat Dougherty County (county) Georgia (state) USA (country) (76,939 during the 2000 census).
• former district in the Eastern Cape (province) South Africa (country).
• Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
• city Western Australia (state).
• suburb city, Auckland New Zealand (country).

Related

Similar words

• Scotland, Albania, Alba, Albion
• Fort Nassau, Fort Orange, Beverwijck, Willemstadt - historic

Origin

• Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania ("Scotland"), from Scottish Gaelic Alba ("Scotland"), from Old Irish Albu ("Britain, Scotland"), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū ("world") (compare Old Welsh elbid ("world")), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ("white"), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover. Albania.
• From Middle English Albany ("Scotland"), a Scottish duchy created in 1398 and bestowed upon younger sons of the King of Scots which became a British title upon the 1707 Act of Union
• Named in honor of the crown prince James, Duke of Albany and York
• Named in honor of Albany, the capital city of New York state
• Named in honor of Prince Frederick, duke of Albany and York, the second son of King George III of Britain
• Named in honour of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and son of Queen Victoria of Britain