ALBAN

Definition: ALBAN

ALBAN

Noun

1. A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"ALBAN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Alba".

Date "ALBAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Etymology: Alban \Al"ban\, noun. [Latin expression albus white.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: ALBAN

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Alban (St.), like St. Denis is represented as carrying his head between his hands. His attributes are a sword and a crown. St. Aphrodisius, St. Aventine, St. Desiderius. St. Chrysolius, St. Hilarian, St. Leo, St. Lucanus. St. Lucian, St. Proba, St. Solangia, and several other martyrs, are represented as carrying their heads in their hands. An artist's bungling way of identifying a headless trunk. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Alban

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

see St Albans (disambiguation) for place names

Saint Alban was the first Christian martyr in Britain, becoming a saint of the Catholic Church. According to the church, he was a pagan who converted to Christianity and was executed either circa 304 or 309, by beheading on a hill above the Roman settlement of Verulamium. St. Albans Abbey at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England was later founded near this site.

Feast day: June 22.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alban."

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Crosswords: ALBAN

Non-English Usage: "ALBAN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Swedish (albanian), Welsh (equinox, solstice).

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Commercial Usage: ALBAN

Domain	Title
Books	Alban and st Albans: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology (British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions, 24.) (reference) Alban Berg : Master of the Smallest Link (reference) Alban Berg: Wozzeck (reference) Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban (Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon) (reference) Safe and Secure: The Alban Guide to Protecting Your Congregation (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Alban Berg - Wozzeck / Adolf Dresen � Claudio Abbado - F. Grundheber � H. Behrens � Vienna State Opera (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: ALBAN

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Usage Frequency: ALBAN

"ALBAN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "ALBAN" is used about 51 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)	88.24%	45	50,900
Adjective (general or positive)	9.8%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	1.96%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	51	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: ALBAN

The following table summarizes the usage of "ALBAN" 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
Alban	Last name	1,000	15,941
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: ALBAN

"ALBAN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Alba".

The following table summarizes names related to "ALBAN."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Alban	Male	English	N/A
Alban	Male	German	N/A
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Expression: ALBAN

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "ALBAN": Saint-alban.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ALBAN

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
dr alban	86	alban dr its life	5
monte alban	76	alban st	5
adrian ahern alan alastair alban	63	alban discography dr	5
alban	58	alban monte oaxaca	5
alban institute	57	alban capitaine	5
alban berg	25	alban saint	5
alban nancy st	20	alban eiler	4
alban programa	17	alban tower	4
alban becas	16	alban coke dr lyrics no	3
alban dr lyrics	12	alban ceray	3
alissa alban	12	alban mezcal monte	3
alban heruin	10	alban roe st	3
alban hotel monte	8	alban berg biographie von	3
alban captain	8	alban muller	3
alban dr mp3	7	alban berg f h redlich	2
alban tractor	7	alban carlo	2
alban dr work work	7	alban hotel tower	2
alban vineyard	6	alban julie	2
alban ontario	6	alban coke dr mp3 no	2
alban doctor	6	alban monte numerales	2
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Derivations & Misspellings: ALBAN

Derivations
	Words containing "ALBAN": galbanum, galbanums. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"ALBAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aban, Abana, Abang, Abano, Abanu, Ahlbrand, Alab, Albar, Albas, albian, albon, Albray, Allean, Allmann, Aloba, Balaban, elban, Elbin, Galbani, Halban, Kaltbad, laban, Laben, Lafan, Malbon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ALBAN"

Words rhyming with "ALBAN" (pronounced 'Al"ban'): Corban, Cuban, Interurban, Sesban, turban, urban. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ALBAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: banal.
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-n"
	-1 letter: alan, alba, anal, baal.
	-2 letters: aal, aba, ala, alb, ana, baa, bal, ban, lab, nab.
	-3 letters: aa, ab, al, an, ba, la, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-n"
	+2 letters: abalone, abelian, albinal, badland, balance, balneal, banally, basinal, blatant, namable.
	+3 letters: abalones, ablating, ablation, abnormal, ambulant, amenable, amenably, anableps, anabolic, atonable, backland, badlands, bailsman, balanced, balancer, balances, banality, banalize, bangtail, bankable, barnacle, baronial, beanball, biannual, bimanual, binaural, blatancy, brantail, cannibal, claybank, damnable, damnably, fahlband, fleabane, gainable, galbanum, gnawable, handball, hangable, inarable, labdanum, landgrab, loanable, nameable, pawnable, scabland, subnasal, tannable.
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