Alba

UK: /ˈalβa/

US: 'Alba': (al′bə; Sp. äl′vä); 'alba': (äl′bə, al′-)

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Alba / ˈælbə ˈɑl^ɤɑpə/ noun

1. the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland

Alba / ˈalβa/ noun

1. Duke of Alba ⇒
   See Alva

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al•ba  (äl′bə, al′-), n. 

1. Literature a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.

• Latin, feminine of albus white
• Old Provencal: dawn
• 1815–25

Al•ba  (al′bə; Sp. äl′vä), n. 

1. Biographical Duke of. See Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. 

Alba., 

1. Alberta.

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Al•va  (al′və; Sp. äl′vä), n. 

Also, Alba. Fer•nan•do Al•va•rez de To•le•do  (fer nän′dô äl′vä reth′ ᵺe tô le′ᵺô), Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general who suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567.
1. a male or female given name.

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Alva, Alba / ˈælvə ˈalβa/ noun

1. Duke of, title of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. 1508–82, Spanish general and statesman who suppressed the Protestant revolt in the Netherlands (1567–72) and conquered Portugal (1580)