Meaning of Albion | Babel Free
ˈælbi.ənDefinitions
- Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).
- Any of several places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Illinois.
- A town, the county seat of Noble County, Indiana, also located in Albion Township and Jefferson Township. Named after Albion, New York.
- A city, the county seat of Boone County, Nebraska.
- A village, the county seat of Orleans County, New York.
- A village in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
- A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albion Township.
- A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Brimbank, Victoria, Australia
- Any of a number of football clubs in Great Britain, including West Bromwich Albion F.C., a football club from West Bromwich in the West Midlands, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., a football club from the city of Brighton and Hove in Sussex, and Stirling Albion F.C., a football club in the city of Stirling in central Scotland.
Equivalents
Examples
“[M]ightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Iſlands hold⟳. / For Albion the ſonne of Neptune was, / Who for the proofe of his great puiſſance, / Out of his Albion did on dry-foot pas / Into old Gall, that now is cleeped France, / To fight⟳ with Hercules, that did auance / To vanquiſh all the world with his matchleſſe might, […]”
“The Reds laid siege to the Albion goal throughout, with Jordan Henderson striking the underside of the bar and Dirk Kuyt the inside of the post⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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