Alba
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Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland.
ALBA is the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
Alba (Latin: white) or ALBA may also refer to:
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Places
- Italy
- Alba, Piedmont, a comune in the Province of Cuneo
- Alba Adriatica, a comune in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo
- Alba Fucens, an ancient town in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo
- Alba Longa, an ancient city in the Province of Rome, Lazio
- Baldissero d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
- Diano d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
- Morro d'Alba, comune in the Province of Ancona, Marche
- Republic of Alba, a French revolutionary municipality in Piedmont
- Republic of Alba (1944), a short-lived state in Piedmont
- Serralunga d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
- Vezza d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
- Romania
- Alba County, a county in Transylvania
- Alba Iulia, a city in Alba County, Transylvania
- Alba, a village in Hudeşti Commune, Botoşani County
- Alba, a village in Izvoarele Commune, Tulcea County
- Spain
- Alba, Aragon, a municipio in the Province of Teruel
- Alba de Tormes, a municipio in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and León
- Alba de Yeltes, a municipio in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and León
- Ukraine
- Cetatea Alba, a former name (in Romanian) of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, a fortress, regional city and port on the Dniester
- Bila Krynytsia, Chernivtsi Oblast, a village in Hlyboka Raion, known in Romanian as Fântâna Albă
- Ostriv Zmiinyi, an island in Kiliya Raion, Odessa, known as Alba to the Romans
- United States
- Alba, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Antrim County
- Alba, Missouri, a city in Jasper County
- Alba, Pennsylvania, a borough in Bradford County
- Alba, Texas, a town divided between Wood County and Rains County
- Alba Township, Illinois, a township in Henry County
- Alba Township, Minnesota, a township in Jackson County
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Companies
- Aluminum Bahrain, a large aluminum smelter in Bahrain
- Alba (electronics), a British consumer electronics manufacturing company
- Alba Vineyard, a winery in New Jersey
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People
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Entertainment
- Alba (medieval music ensemble)
- Alba (Darkstalkers), a character in the Japanese video game Darkstalkers
- Alba (novel), a novel by Swiss author Daniel Odier
- Alba (planet), a planet in The Hidden Past, a Star Wars novel by American author Jude Watson
- Alba (The Time Traveler's Wife), a character in the novel The Time Traveler's Wife by American author Audrey Niffenegger
- Alba Meira, a character in the Japanese video game series King of Fighters
- Alba Trueba, a character in the novel The House of the Spirits by Chilean author Isabel Allende
- BBC Alba (TV channel), the Scottish Gaelic department of BBC Scotland
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Sport
- Alba Berlin, a German basketball club
- Sport Clube Alba, a Portuguese football club
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Species, varieties and cultivars
- a common sage (Salvia officinalis) cultivar
- Bergenia stracheyi 'Alba', a cultivar
- Cattleya elongata f. alba, a variety of Cattleya elongata, an orchid species found in Brazil
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Other uses
- Alba, a feminine form of albus, the Latin word for white
- Alba (1907 automobile), an Austrian vintage car
- Alba (1913 automobile), a French vintage car
- Alba Engineering, an Italian manufacturer of sports racing cars designed by Giorgio Stirano
- Alba (motorcycle), a 1920's German motorcycle
- Alba (brand), a UK electronics brand
- Alba (poetry), a genre of Occitan poetry
- Alba (rabbit), a French rabbit
- Alba (watch), a Japanese wristwatch
- ALBA-1, a submarine communications cable between Cuba and Venezuela
- Alba Mons, a shield volcano on Mars
- SS Alba, a Chilean ship wrecked in 1928
- SS Alba, a Panamanian ship wrecked off Cornwall, England, in 1938 and painted by Alfred Wallis
- Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba', a hybrid tree
- Operation Alba, an Italian peacekeeping operation
- ALBA (synchrotron), a Spanish synchrotron radiation facility
- ALBA Graduate Business School, a Greek academic institution
- ALBA, American milk products company owned by the Hain Celestial Group
- Autogestión Liberadora Buenos Aires, an Argentinian political party
- Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas an international cooperation organization known as ALBA
- Harvard International, an English electronics company previously known as Alba
- Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, a Lebanese university faculty known as ALBA
- Linea alba (abdomen) ("white line") in anatomy
- Linea alba (cheek), in dental anatomy
- Monobenzone, by the trade name Alba
- a group in the Sri Lankan grading system for the cinnamon quills
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See also
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