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English
Etymology
From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).
Proper noun
Alban
- A male given name from Latin.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): : Act II, Scene I
- Forsooth, a blind man at Saint Alban's shrine
- Within this half hour hath receiv'd his sight
- Saint Alban, a Christian martyr executed in Verulamium (St Albans) in the 3rd or 4th century.
Usage notes
- Though borne by the first British martyr, the given name has always been rare in English.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
Alban (not comparable)
- (historical) Pertaining to the ancient Latin city of Alba Longa.
1847, Leonhard Schmitz, A History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Commodus, A.D. 192, Harper & brothers, page 14: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.
1922, Sir James George Frazer, AThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Forgotten Books, page 152: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.
1998, Robert Alan Gurval, Actium and Augustus: The Politics and Emotions of Civil War, University of Michigan Press, page 223: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.
- (historical) Pertaining to Alba, or the area now covered by Scotland.
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 66:At some point during the Picto-Gaelic fusion, St Andrew was adopted as patron of the Alban kingdom.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
A variant of Arban, with regular r-l change.
Proper noun
Alban m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alban
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alban m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alban
Related terms
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaləbˠənˠ/
- IPA(key): /nə ˈhaləbˠənˠ/ (full form na hAlban)
Proper noun
Na hAlban f sg
- genitive of Albain
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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Alban
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nAlban
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hAlban
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Old Irish
Proper noun
Alban f
- genitive singular of Albu
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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Alban
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unchanged
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nAlban
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Romanian
Etymology
From Alba + -an.
Proper noun
Alban m (genitive/dative lui Alban)
- a surname
References
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
Swedish
Proper noun
Alban c (genitive Albans)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alban
Welsh
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Alba.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
yr Alban f
- Scotland
- Synonym: Sgotland
Usage notes
- This country name is always preceded by the definite article yr.
Proper noun
Alban m
- a male given name from Old Irish Albu (“Scotland”)
Mutation
References
Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 13