Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Albion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Albion \Al"bi*on\, n. [Prob. from the same root as Gael. alp a
height or hill. ``It may have been bestowed on the land lying
behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of Gaul.
Albany, the old name of Scotland, means probably the ``hilly
land.'' --I. Taylor.]
An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.
In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Albion
n : archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
[syn: {Albion}]
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