Source etymology 1
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryScotland north of the River Forth.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Celtic *albiyū Old Irish Albu, Albain, Albanbor. Medieval Latin Albaniabor. Middle English Albany English Albany From Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania (“Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Alba (“Scotland”), from Old Irish Albu (“Britain, Scotland”), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“world”, literally “white (place)”) (compare Old Welsh elbid (“world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰos (“white”), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover. Doublet of Albania.
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