Albany Definition

ôlbə-nē
pronoun

(archaic) Scotland north of the River Forth.

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(historical) 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.

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The capital of New York state in the United States (95,658 during the 2000 census)
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A major river of Ontario in Canada.

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A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.

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Origin of Albany

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania ("white land", "Scotland") from Scottish Gaelic Alba ("Scotland"), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Alb-i̯en- ("the island of Great Britain"), from either Proto-Indo-European *albho- ("white", in reference to the Cliffs of Dover) or *alb- ("hill", presumably by comparison with the Netherlands and French coast)

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  • 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

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  • Named in honor of Prince Frederick, duke of Albany and York, the second son of King George III of Britain

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  • Named in honor of Prince Leopold, duke of Albany and son of Queen Victoria of Britain

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  • Named in honor of the crown prince James, Duke of Albany and York

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  • Named in honor of Albany, the capital city of New York state

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Albany Sentence Examples

  • In addition, Albany has the finest harbour in West Australia.

  • King George Sound, of which Albany is the township, was first occupied in 1826 and a penal settlement was established.

  • The marriage of this youth to James IV.'s widow on the 6th of August 1514 did much to identify the Douglases with the English party in Scotland, as against the French party led by Albany, and incidentally to determine the political career of his uncle Gavin.

  • The breach between the queen's party and Albany's had widened, and the queen's advisers had begun an intrigue with England, to the end that the royal widow and her young son should be removed to Henry's court.

  • After July 1516 Douglas appears to have been in possession of his see, and to have patched up a diplomatic peace with Albany.

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