Alba

See also: alba

Asturian

Proper noun

Alba f

1. Short for Alba de Tormes.
   • Ana Isabel Fernández Rodríguez et al., El pueblu quirosán: una unidá social in 1991, Cultures: revista asturiana de cultura, volume 1, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 79:

     Les que más poder de convocatoria tienen son les romeríes de dellos centros devocionales (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), qu’ atraen a xente de tol conceyu y d’otros conceyos vecinos (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).

     Those which have the greatest summoning power are the religious festivals of various devotional centres (Alba, Trobanieḷḷu), which attract people from the entire municipality and from other neighbouring municipalities (Ḷḷena, Riosa, Teberga...).

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Irish

Proper noun

Alba f (genitive Alban)

1. Archaic form of Albain.

Declension

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Nominative Alba Vocative a Alba Genitive Alban Dative Albain

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative not used Genitive na hAlban Dative not used

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Alba	nAlba	hAlba	tAlba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Albu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɫ̪apə/

Proper noun

Alba f

1. Scotland

   Tha Loch Laomainn ann an Alba. - Loch Lomond is in Scotland.

Usage notes

• Used with the definite article in the genitive case:

  aibhnichean na h-Alba - Scotland's rivers

Derived terms

• BPA
• Eaglais na h-Alba

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Spanish

Proper noun

Alba f

1. A female given name of modern usage from alba (“dawn”).
2. A habitational surname​ from place names of obscure origin.