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Companies

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Albert (supermarket) Albert Česká republika, s.r.o., is a division of the Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize group, operating in the Czech Republic. The company (then known as Euronova a.s.) began trading in Czechoslovakia in 1990. Today it operates the approximatel ...
, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic *
Albert Heijn Albert Heijn is the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands with a market share of 34.8% in 2020. It was founded in 1887, and has been part of Ahold Delhaize since 2016. History The chain was founded on 27 May 1887, when Albert Heijn boug ...
, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands *
Albert Market The Albert Market, formerly known officially as Royal Albert Market, is a street market in Banjul, The Gambia. Located on Liberation Avenue, the market was built in the mid-nineteenth century. It is named after Albert, Prince Consort, husband of ...
, a street market in The Gambia *
Albert Productions Albert Productions, a division of music publishing and recording company Albert Music, is one of Australia's longest established independent record labels to specialise in rock and roll music. The label was founded in 1963 by Ted Albert, whose ...
, a record label *
Albert Computers, Inc. The Albert is an Apple II clone, released by Albert Computers, Inc., in 1983. Comparable to the Apple IIe, six models were ultimately produced. Description Albert Computers, Inc. offered a "complete system" for approximately the price of a basic ...
, a computer manufacturer in the 1980s


Entertainment

* ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by
Karsten Kiilerich Karsten Kiilerich (21 January 1955, Slagelse) is a Danish film and television director, screenwriter and animator. He is a co-founder of the Danish animation studio A. Film Production, for which he still actively works. Kiilerich has been involve ...
* ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy *
Albert (comics) Abomination Absorbing Man Abraxas Abraxas, sometimes called the Dark Man, is a cosmic entity who embodies the destruction of the Marvel multiverse. The existence of Galactus prevents him from emerging. The character, created by Carlos Pach ...
, a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series *
Albert Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...
, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria''


Military

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Battle of Albert (1914) The Battle of Albert (also known as the First Battle of Albert) began on 25 September 1914, in what became known as the "Race to the Sea", during the First World War. It followed the First Battle of the Aisne as both sides moved northwards, tryi ...
, a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France *
Battle of Albert (1916) The Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916) is the British name for the first two weeks of British–French offensive operations of the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment commenced on 24 June and the British–French ...
, a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France *
Battle of Albert (1918) Battle of Albert (21–23 August 1918) was the third battle by that name fought during World War I, following the First Battle of Albert and the Second Battle of Albert, with each of the series of three being fought roughly two years apart. Th ...
, a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France


People

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Albert (given name) Albert is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Germanic Adalbert and Adelbert, containing the words ''adal'' ("noble") and ''beraht'' ("bright", compare Robert). It is also less commonly in use as a surname. Feminine forms of the names ...
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Albert (surname) Albert is a surname, and may refer to: *Abraham Adrian Albert (1905–1972), American mathematician *Augustine Albert (1791–1846), French opera singer *A. Albert (fl. 1900), an otherwise unidentified member of the gold-medal winning French 1900 S ...
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Albert Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...
(born 1972), stage name of professional wrestler Matt Bloom *
Albert (dancer) François-Ferdinand Decombe (15 April 1789, Bordeaux - 18 July 1865, Fontainebleau) was a French ballet dancer and ballet master, under the stage name Albert. Albert débuted aged 14 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, before being taken on by the O ...
(François-Ferdinand 1789–1865), French ballet dancer


Places


Canada

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Albert (1846–1973 electoral district) Albert was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1846 when Albert County was created and its boundaries were the same as the county. It returned two members until 1973 wh ...
, a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick from 1846 to 1973 *
Albert (electoral district) Albert was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. The district was proclaimed in the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1903 when it ...
, a federal electoral district in New Brunswick from 1867 to 1903 *
Albert (provincial electoral district) Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1973 when New Brunswick moved to single member districts and the former multi-member riding of Albert was split into this rid ...
, a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick *
Albert County, New Brunswick Albert County (2016 population 29,158) is New Brunswick's third-youngest county located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy. Prior to the abolition of county government in 1967, the shire town w ...
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Rural Municipality of Albert The Rural Municipality of Albert is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 1, 1905. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially man ...
, Manitoba, Canada


United States

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Albert, Kansas Albert is a city in Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 132. History Albert was founded in about the early 1880s. It was named for Albert Kriesinger, a storekeeper. Albert was a station ...
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Albert Township, Michigan Albert Township is a civil township of Montmorency County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,695. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of whi ...
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Albert, Oklahoma Albert is an unincorporated place in Caddo County, Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United Sta ...
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Albert, Texas Albert, originally Martinsburg, is a ghost town southeast of Fredericksburg and west of the Blanco County line in southeastern Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The town was a stop on the Fredericksburg-Blanco stage route and in 1967 beca ...
, a ghost town *
The Albert (Detroit) The Albert, formerly the Griswold Building, is a former office building named after architect Albert Kahn, located at 1214 Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and is p ...
, formerly the Griswold Building, an American apartment block


Elsewhere

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Albert (Belize House constituency) Albert is an electoral constituency in the Belize District of Belize. History The Albert constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. Albert is named after the principal street (Albert Stre ...
, a Belize City-based electoral constituency *
Albert, New South Wales Albert is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Lachlan Shire local government area, west north west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Albert had a population of 81, though Albert once had a p ...
, a town in Australia *
Electoral district of Albert Albert was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland which existed from 1887 to 1949 and 1959 to 2017. Albert was named for the Albert River, which runs through the electorate and separates Logan City from City of Gold Coa ...
, a former electoral district in Queensland, Australia *
Albert, Somme Albert () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is located about halfway between Amiens and Bapaume. History Albert was founded as a Roman outpost, in about 54 BC. After being known by various fo ...
, a French commune


Transportation

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Albert (automobile) The Albert was a light car built by aircraft parts maker Adam, Grimaldi & Company and named after their Albert Embankment address. It was designed by A. O. Lord, creator of the later Loyd-Lord. It was produced from 1920 to 1924 in Vauxhall and l ...
, a 1920s British light car *
Albert (motorcycle) Albert motorcycles were manufactured in Germany between 1922 and 1924. They featured 183cc two-stroke engine A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up an ...
, a 1920s German vehicle brand * ''Albert'' (tugboat), a 1979 U.S. tugboat


Other

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719 Albert 719 Albert, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group of asteroids. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observato ...
, Amor asteroid *
Albert (crater) Albert is a tiny crater on the Moon. It is near the site where Soviet lunar rover Lunokhod 1 landed in November 1970, in the Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium (Latin ''imbrium'', the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", "Sea of Tears") is a vast l ...
, a lunar crater *
The Albert The Albert is a Grade II listed pub located at 52 Victoria Street in Victoria, London, about southwest of Westminster Abbey. Built in 1862 by the Artillery Brewery, the pub retains its striking façade and Victorian features that were undamage ...
, a pub in London


See also

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Alberta (disambiguation) Alberta is a Canadian province. Alberta may also refer to: Places Australia * Alberta, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands, Australia Canada * Alberta (Provisional District), a federal electoral district in the Northwest T ...
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Alberts (disambiguation) Alberts may refer to: * Alberts (name), a given name and surname * The Alberts, a British musical comedy troupe See also * Cork Alberts F.C., an Irish football club * FK Alberts, a Latvian football club * JDFS Alberts, a Latvian football club * ...
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Alberte Elin Alberte Leonora Winding (born 23 August 1963), commonly known as Alberte, is a Danish singer and actress, and the daughter of Thomas Winding and Lulu Gauguin. She grew up in Copenhagen and on the island of Ærø. She worked together with h ...
(born 1963), a Danish singer and actress *
Albertet Albertet is the Occitan diminutive of Albert (given name). It is commonly associated with two troubadours: *Albertet Cailla *Albertet de Sestaro (an unqualified "Albertet" usually means this troubadour) See also *Albert *Alberte Elin Alberte Le ...
, a diminutive of Albert *
Albret The lordship (''seigneurie'') of Albret (Labrit), situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the Middle Ages. History Its members distinguished themselves in the local wars of that epoch; and d ...
, a seigneurie in Landes, France *
Aubert This surname has Anglo-Saxon pre-8th century origins; spelling variations include Albert, Albertson and Alberts in English names. It is derived from the Old German compound 'Aedelbeort' meaning 'noble-bright'. However, many sources show it as a Fre ...
, an Anglo-Saxon surname {{disambiguation, geo