alban
/ˈalbən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.64 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Latin.
adj
Pertaining to the ancient Latin city of Alba Longa.
noun
A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Archaic; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Act II, Scene I Forsooth, a blind man at Saint Alban's shrine Within this half hour hath receiv'd his sight"
- "The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban."
- "But beside this, there existed at Lavinium another tradition, which inverts the order of things by stating that Lavinium was an Alban colony, founded by six hundred Alban families."
- "Now the Alban dynasti bore the name of Silvii or Wood, and it can hardly be without significance that in the vision of the historic glories of Rome revealed to Aeneas in the underworld, Virgil, an antiquary as well as a poet, should represent all the line of Silvii as crowned with oak."
- "Reminded of the Alban king’s descent from Silvius, the son of Aeneas, Vergil’s reader must judge the crime of Mettus and his gruesome punishment with greater horror and revulsion."
- "At some point during the Picto-Gaelic fusion, St Andrew was adopted as patron of the Alban kingdom."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈalbən/