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Alba vs Alfa - What's the difference?

alba | alfa |

As nouns the difference between alba and alfa

is that alba is a type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn while alfa is the letter A in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

alba

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1821; from the (etyl) alba, ultimately from the (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally , about lovers who must part at dawn.

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    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1848; from the (etyl) alba (the feminine form of albus, “white”) in the now-disused species name of ''(l) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid .
  • A flower of the hybrid Rosa'' × ''alba .

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    Etymology 3

    First attested in 1859; from the (etyl) alba, the nominative plural form of , whence the (etyl) album.

    Noun

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    alfa

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter A in the ICAO spelling alphabet