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Albion definition

Al·bion (al′bē ən)

Old Poet. England

Etymology: L < Celt *Albio, gen. *Albionus (> Ir Alba, gen. Albann, name for Scotland); understood as if < L albus, white (see elf) because the cliffs of S England are white, but thought by some scholars to be of non-IE orig. (see alp)

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