Albany

n. 奥尔巴尼(美国纽约州首府)

发音

US
/ˈɔːl.bə.ni/
/ˈæl.bə.ni/
/ˈɒl.bə.ni/
/ˈɔːlb.ni/
/ˈɒlb.ni/

词形变化

Albanys 复数

别名

Albyn

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    Scotland north of the River Forth.

    古体
  2. 1.

    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.

    可数 历史 不可数
  3. 2.

    A surname, from the title of the Duke of Albany.

    可数 不可数
  4. 1.

    The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.

    奥尔巴尼

  5. 2.

    A major river in Ontario, Canada.

  6. 3.

    A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.

  7. 1.

    A sizable city, the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States (76,939 during the 2000 census).

  8. 2.

    A former district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    历史
  9. 3.

    Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:

    A home rule city, the county seat of Clinton County, Kentucky.

  10. 4.

    Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:

    A city, the county seat of Gentry County, Missouri.

  11. 5.

    Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:

    An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.

  12. 6.

    Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:

    A city, the county seat of Linn County, Oregon.

  13. 7.

    Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:

    A city, the county seat of Shackelford County, Texas, United States. Named after Albany, Georgia.

  14. 8.

    Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:

    A city in Alameda County, California, United States.

  15. 9.

    A number of townships in the United States, listed under Albany Township.

  16. 1.

    A port city in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.

  17. 2.

    A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Albany.

  18. 1.

    A northern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

  19. 1.

    A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).

相关短语

Albany pitcher plant Albany pitcher plants Albany County Albany slip Albany slips Albany beef 鲟鱼肉；奥尔巴尼肉食 Albany Park Stoke Albany New Albany 新奥尔巴尼（美国城市）

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Celtic *albiyū Old Irish Albubor. Medieval Latin Albaniabor. Middle English Albany English Albany 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. Doublet of Albania.

来源：wiktionary