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Alba is an important town of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo, in the area of Langhe.
Famous for the white truffle, peach and wine production, it hosts the Palazzo Comunale (13th century), some towers of 14th century, and a notable Cathedral (Duomo - started in 12th century and restructured in 15th century).
For the Romanian county Alba see Alba, Romania.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alba."
"ALBA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the dawn". |
Date "ALBA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: ALBA |
| English words defined with "ALBA": Betulin, Bryonin ♦ Fiorin, Friar skate ♦ Loblolly tree ♦ Nenuphar ♦ Oil of birch ♦ Paradise bird ♦ rattlesnake root ♦ Sinalbin ♦ Tree clover ♦ White ibis, white poplar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ALBA": Fenians ♦ Proscillaridin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ALBA": Alb ♦ Sinalbin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ALBA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Catalan (dawn, daybreak), Danish (Alva), Italian (aurora, dawn, daybreak, sunrise, sunup, twilight), Latin (alb, make white, official list, pearl, register, support, white, white clerical vestment reaching to the feet with closed sleeves, white precious stone, white tablet), Occitan (sunrise), Provencal (dawn), Scottish (Scotland), Spanish (Alb, dawn, daybreak), Swedish (Alb). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ALBA | English | Athens Laboratory of Business Administration | Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Canonicals | Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Alba - ilustratii pentru un ghid (1970) La Dama del alba (1965) Camera alba (1964) Quattro notti con Alba (1962) Alba Regia (1961) | |
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 | Tree holes containing rainwater can house the larvae of Aedes triseriatus (Eastern) and Aedes sierrensis (Western), Orthopodomyia signifera, Orthopodomyia alba, Anopheles barberii and Toxorhynchites mosquitoes. Credit: CDC. |  | White tern or fairy tern chick, Gygis alba. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | A white or fairy tern, Gygis alba. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | "Grus Americana Alba". Credit: USDA. |
 | Wreck of Alba, Aug. 8, 1892. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Master prints. Vacation landscapes, looking south from Casa Alba. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Bahrain | In June 2001 ALBA started trial operation of the Coke Calcining Plant. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | The main oil fields, Zafiro and Alba, are both located offshore of Bioko island. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | The plant entered production in 2000 and help boost condensate output from Alba field. (references) | |
Human Rights | Romania | Several other officers in the leadership of the Alba County Police and Cugir City Police were dismissed or demoted. (references) |
Romania | On July 7, two police officers from the Cugir police in Alba County were arrested and charged with the use of lethal force and abusive investigation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ALBA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.02% of the time. "ALBA" is used about 103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.02% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (singular) | 31.07% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.91% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 103 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ALBA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alba | First name Female | 9,000 | 979 |
| Alba | Last name | 3,000 | 3,694 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ALBA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the dawn". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ALBA". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Alban | Male | German | Someone from Alba |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| The following table summarizes names related to "ALBA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Alba | Female | Italian | N/A |
| Alba | Female | Spanish | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Alba Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Alba, MO (city, FIPS 496) 2. Alba, PA (borough, FIPS 572) 3. Alba, TX (town, FIPS 1636) |
Expressions using "ALBA": A alba ♦ Abies alba ♦ Actaea alba ♦ Agathis alba ♦ Agrostis alba ♦ Aquila alba ♦ Ardea alba ♦ B alba ♦ Betula alba ♦ Brassica alba ♦ Bryonia alba ♦ C alba ♦ Canella alba ♦ Carya alba ♦ Chiococca alba ♦ Ciconia alba ♦ Clytocybe alba ♦ Copernicia alba ♦ Cordia alba ♦ Crocethia alba ♦ dictamnus alba ♦ G alba ♦ Guara alba ♦ Ipomoea alba ♦ L alba ♦ Lawsonia alba ♦ Lawsonia inermis or alba ♦ lychnis alba ♦ Magnesia alba ♦ Melilotus alba ♦ morus alba ♦ Nabalus alba ♦ Nymphaea alba ♦ P alba ♦ phlegmasia alba dolens ♦ pityriasis alba ♦ Plumeria alba ♦ polygala alba ♦ populus alba ♦ Prenanthes alba ♦ quercus alba ♦ Raia alba ♦ Salix alba ♦ Salix alba caerulea ♦ Salix alba sericea ♦ Salix alba vitellina ♦ Seleucides alba ♦ sinapis alba ♦ substantia alba ♦ Symphoricarpos alba ♦ terra alba ♦ tyto alba. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ALBA": Canella-alba. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jessica alba | 5,678 | pityriasis alba | 48 |
alba de rebecca | 1,480 | alba duchess painter | 48 |
jessica alba nude | 951 | alba botanica | 44 |
alba | 478 | free nude pic of jessica alba | 42 |
alba de rebeca | 306 | dark angel jessica alba | 42 |
jessica alba naked | 241 | jesica alba | 40 |
jessica alba pic | 233 | jessica alba nude free | 39 |
jessica alba picture | 222 | alba texas | 36 |
jessica alba wallpaper | 191 | action alba sports | 35 |
alba parietti | 136 | alba honey jessica | 34 |
alba wheels | 121 | jessica alba porn | 34 |
alba tour | 109 | alba rim | 34 |
jessica alba fake | 97 | alba atv | 31 |
alba racing | 91 | alba dama del la | 31 |
jessica alba nude pic | 85 | jessica alba topless | 30 |
alba duchess | 66 | alba de picture rebecca | 30 |
la casa de bernarda alba | 64 | alba team | 28 |
jessica alba nude picture | 55 | jessica alba nude fake | 28 |
jessica alba photo | 55 | jessica marie alba | 27 |
jessica alba gallery | 50 | jessica alba sexy | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ALBA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 晨曲. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | apenninsk granskov med Abies alba (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), substantia alba (substantia alba, white matter), pityriasis alba (pityriasis alba), hvid substans (substantia alba, white matter), diarrhoea alba (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), bugmuskulaturens hvide linje (fascial linea alba of the abdominal muscle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aphthae tropicae (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), Apennijns sparrenbos met Gewone Zilverspar (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), ziekte van Gee-Herter-Heubner (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), substantia alba (substantia alba, white matter), steatorrhoea ididopathica (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), spruw (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba, sprue, thrush), psilosis (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba, sprue), pityriasis alba (pityriasis alba), morbus coeliacus (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), infantilismus intestinalis (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), diarrhoea tropica (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), diarrhoea alba (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), coeliakie (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pityriasis alba (pityriasis alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | substance blanche (substantia alba), sapinière apennine Abies pectinata (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), sapinière apennine Abies alba (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), pityriasis alba (pityriasis alba), ligne blanche aponévrotique du muscle abdominal (fascial linea alba of the abdominal muscle), diarrhée blanche (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Tannenwald in Apennin mit Abies alba (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), Substantia alba (substantia alba, white matter), Hill diarrhoea (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba), Diarrhoea alba (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελατοδάσος των Απεννίνων με Abies alba και Abies pectinata (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), λευκή πιτυρίαση (pityriasis alba), λευκή διάρροια (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | magnezit (terra alba), könnyű magnézia (terra alba), fehér agyag (terra alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | abetaia appenninica di Abies alba (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), abetaia appenninica di abete bianco (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), sostanza bianca (substantia alba, white matter), pitiriasi alba (pityriasis alba), diarrea bianca (bacillary white diarrhoea, diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba, pullorum disease, pullorum disease of chicks, white diarrhoea of chicks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | albaay mata de Abies alba nos Apeninos (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), diarreia alba (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba). (various references) abetal apenino de Abies alba (Abies alba plantation in the Apennines), pitiriasis alba (pityriasis alba), diarrea blanca (diarrhea alba, diarrhoea alba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ExouqenhsaV de auton o hrwdhV sun toiV strateumasin autou kai empaixaV peribalwn auton esqhta lampran anepemyen auton tw pilatw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sprevit autem illum Herodes cum exercitu suo et inlusit indutum veste alba et remisit ad Pilatum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa oferhogode herodes hine mid hyrede: and bysmrode hine gescrydne hwitum reafe: and hyne agen sende to pilate; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But Eroude with his oost dispiside hym, and scornede hym, and clothide with a white cloth, and sente hym ayen to Pilat. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Herod wt his men of warre despysed him and mocked him and arayed him in whyte and sent him agayne to Pylate. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Herod with his troops set him at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Herodes, uban sa iyang mga sundalo, mitamay ug mibiaybiay kaniya; ug sa nasul-oban na siyag bisti nga nanggilakgilak sa katahum, siya iyang gipadala balik kang Pilato. |
| Croatian | Herod ga zajedno sa svojom vojskom prezre i ismija: obuèe ga u bijelu haljinu i posla natrag Pilatu. |
| Danish | Men da Herodes med sine Krigsfolk havde hånet og spottet ham, kastede han et prægtigt Klædebon om ham og sendte ham til Pilatus igen. |
| Dutch | En Herodes met zijn krijgslieden Hem veracht en bespot hebbende, deed Hem een blinkend kleed aan, en zond Hem weder tot Pilatus. |
| Finnish | Mutta Herodes joukkoineen kohteli häntä halveksivasti ja pilkkasi häntä; ja puetettuaan hänet loistavaan pukuun hän lähetti hänet takaisin Pilatuksen eteen. |
| French | Hérode, avec ses gardes, le traita avec mépris; et, après s`être moqué de lui et l`avoir revêtu d`un habit éclatant, il le renvoya Pilate. |
| German | Aber Herodes mit seinem Hofgesinde verachtete und verspottete ihn, legte ihm ein weißes Kleid an und sandte ihn wieder zu Pilatus. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Herodes dan anggota-anggota tentaranya mempermainkan dan menghina Yesus, lalu memakaikan Dia pakaian kebesaran, kemudian mengirim Dia kembali kepada Pilatus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Herodes beserta dengan laskarnya itu pun mengejikan sambil mengolok-olokkan Dia, dikenakannya pakaian yang indah kepada-Nya, disuruhnya bawa kembali kepada Pilatus. |
| Maori | Na ka whakakorekore a Herora ratou ko ana hoia ki a ia, ka taunu, a ka oti ia te whakakakahu ki te kahu whakapaipai, ka whakahokia atu ki a Pirato. |
| Norwegian | Men Herodes med sine krigsfolk hånte og spottet ham; derefter kastet han et skinnende klædebon om ham og sendte ham således tilbake til Pilatus. |
| Portuguese | Herodes, porém, com os seus soldados, desprezou-o e, escarnecendo dele, vestiu-o com uma roupa resplandecente e tornou a enviá-lo a Pilatos. |
| Rumanian | Irod, cu ostawii lui de pazq, se purtau cu El cu disprey; wi, dupqce wi -a bqtut joc de El, wi L -a kmbrqcat cu o hainq strqlucitoare, L -a trimes knapoi la Pilat. |
| Shuar | Tura Erutissha ni suntarijiai Jesusan yajauch Enentáimtuiniak Niin wishikiainiak ti penker pushin, akupniu entsatairiya ánniun, aentsrarmiayi. Nuyasha Erutis ataksha Piratuíin akupkamiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, herode pamoja na maaskari wake, wakamwaibisha Yesu na kumfanyia mzaha; kisha wakamvika vazi la kifalme, wakamrudisha kwa Pilato. |
| Swedish | Men Herodes och hans krigsfolk bemötte honom med förakt och begabbade honom; och sedan de hade satt på honom en lysande klädnad, sände de honom tillbaka till Pilatus. |
| Uma | Oti toe, Herodes hante tantara-na mpopo'ore' pai' mporuge' Yesus. Raheai-i hante pohea magau', pai' rakeni nculii' -i hilou hi Pilatus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ALBA": albacore, albacores, albas, albata, albatas, albatross, albatrosses. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ALBA": falbala, falbalas, galbanum, galbanums. (additional references) | |
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"ALBA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaba, aabba, abaa, Abal, abax, Abla, ablo, aeba, aiba, aibbf, Ailbe, akbay, Alab, alaby, Albar, Albas, albe, albey, albian, albid, albie, albir, albo, Albou, Albray, albue, albur, Alby, Alibar, alka, alloa, aloa, Aloba, alwa, alya, Alza, aoba, Arba, asba, Daliba, elab, elba, galba, habla, Kaltbad, laba, laban, Malbak, nlba, Olaba, ulba. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: baal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-l" | |
-1 letter: aal, aba, ala, alb, baa, bal, lab. | |
-2 letters: aa, ab, al, ba, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l" | |
+1 letter: albas, baals, balas, balsa, banal, basal, cabal, labia, labra, tabla. | |
+2 letters: abelia, ablate, ablaut, ablaze, abolla, aboral, abulia, albata, arable, atabal, baalim, bacula, balata, balboa, ballad, balsam, balsas, barbal, basalt, bharal, biaxal, cabala, cabals, kabala, labara, labial, lambda, lavabo, tablas. | |
+3 letters: abalone, abaxial, abaxile, abelian, abelias, abettal, abigail, ablated, ablates, ablauts, abollae, aboulia, abulias, abuttal, abysmal, abyssal, actable, addable, affable, affably, albatas, albinal, albizia, algebra, allobar, amiable, amiably, arables, atabals, baalism, bacalao, badland, baklava, baklawa, balance, balases, balatas, balboas, ballade, ballads, ballast, balneal, balsams, banally, barilla, basally, basalts, basilar, basinal, bathyal, bharals, biaxial, blatant, bradawl, cabalas, cabbala, cambial, capable, capably, datable, eatable, fabliau, fabular, fadable, falbala, fleabag, galabia, hatable, jellaba, kabalas, kabbala, kalimba, labarum, labella, labials, labiate, lambast, lambdas, lavabos, mailbag, makable, namable, pabular, palabra, parable, payable, payably, ratable, ratably, salable, salably, savable, sayable, subalar, tableau, tabular, takable, tamable, tambala, taxable, taxably, wadable, wallaby. | |
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