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English word origin

Etymology of Alban

From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A male given name from Latin. · Saint Alban, a Christian martyr executed in Verulamium (St Albans) in the 3rd or 4th century.

adj

Pertaining to the ancient Latin city of Alba Longa. · Pertaining to Alba, or the area now covered by Scotland.

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From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).

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