albion
/ˈælbi.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).
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Any of several places in the United States:
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Any of several places in the United States:
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Any of several places in the United States:
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Any of several places in the United States:
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Any of several places in the United States:
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Any of several places in the United States:
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Example Sentences
- "[M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold. / For Albion the ſonne of Neptune was, / Who for the proofe of his great puiſſance, / Out of his Albion did on dry-foot pas / Into old Gall, that now is cleeped France, / To fight with Hercules, that did auance / To vanquiſh all the world with his matchleſſe might, […]"
- "The Reds laid siege to the Albion goal throughout, with Jordan Henderson striking the underside of the bar and Dirk Kuyt the inside of the post."
Etymology
From Middle English Albion, from Latin Albiōn, an Ancient Gallo-Latin name for Britain (Middle Welsh Albbu, Old Irish Albu), from Proto-Celtic *Albiū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”), whence also Latin albus (“white”) and Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”). The primary meaning of the Common Celtic word is "upper world" (as opposed to underworld), with semasiological development similar to e.g. Russian свет (svet, “world; light”). It is often hypothesised that the Romans took it as connected with albus (“white”), in reference to the white cliffs of Dover.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Albion, Albiōn, *Albiū, *albʰós
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈælbi.ən/
- British English: /ˈælbɪən/