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Albany vs Albania - What's the difference?

albany | albania |

Albania is a synonym of albany.



As proper nouns the difference between albany and albania

is that albany is scotland north of the River Forth while Albania is a country in south-eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë.

albany

English

Etymology 1

(Albion) (Alba) (Etymology of Scotland) (etyl) from , possibly in reference to the .

Alternative forms

* Albyn

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (archaic) Scotland north of the River Forth
    • Synonyms
    * (north of Forth) Scotland, Albania, Alba, Albion

    Etymology 2

    (Duke of Albany) From (etyl) Albany ("Scotland"), a Scottish duchy created in 1398 and bestowed upon younger sons of the King of Scots which became a British title upon the 1707 Act of Union

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (historic) A prominent duchy bestowed upon younger sons of the royal family, belonging first to the Scottish peerage and then (after the 1707 Act of Union) to the British. It is currently suspended.

    • Etymology 3

    (Albany River) Named in honor of the crown prince , Duke of Albany and York

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The capital of New York state in the United States (95,658 during the 2000 census)
  • A major river of Ontario in Canada
  • A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site
    • Synonyms
    * (capital of New York state) Fort Nassau, Fort Orange, Beverwijck, Willemstadt - historic

    Etymology 4

    Named in honor of Albany, the capital city of New York state

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A sizable city in Georgia in the United States (76,939 during the 2000 census)
  • (historic) A former district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
  • Numerous minor American communities and towns

    • Etymology 5

    Named in honor of Prince]] , duke of Albany and York, the second son of King [[w:George III of England, George III of Britain

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • a city in Western Australia

    • Etymology 6

    Named in honor of Prince [[w:Queen Victoria, Victoria of Britain

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand

    • albania

    English

    (wikipedia Albania)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in south-eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë)

    • See also

    * *

    Etymology 2

    (Caucasian Albania) From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (historical) Caucasian Albania.