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Albany

al·bany

UK/ˈæl.bə.ni/ US/ˈɒl.bə.ni/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river

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Origin

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.

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