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Alba

Gaelic name for Scotland; also an alternative spelling for Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Spanish politician and general.

alba

Type of troubadour-trouvère song, in which the singer watches for daybreak on behalf of two lovers (for example Reis glorios, by Guiraut de Bornelh). As used by the Minnesinger it was called Tagelied.



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It was necessary that Romulus should not remain in Alba, and that he should be abandoned at his birth, in order that he should become King of Rome and founder of the fatherland.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
A bird of another closely allied genus, Chionis alba, is an inhabitant of the antarctic regions; it feeds on sea-weed and shells on the tidal rocks.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
The retreat of Rocca Bianca was at the top of a small mountain, which no doubt in former days had been a volcano -- an extinct volcano before the days when Remus and Romulus had deserted Alba to come and found the city of Rome.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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