Alba ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scottish people, Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed i ...

is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. Alba or ALBA may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Alba ''(Darkstalkers)'', a character in the Japanese video game * Alba (''The Time Traveler's Wife''), a character in the novel by Audrey Niffenegger *

Alba Meira This is a list of characters from '' The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact'' series that play their own roles in the overall ''The King of Fighters'' story. Because these games occur in an alternate universe separate from their 2D counterparts, ...

, a character in the Japanese video game series ''King of Fighters'' * Alba Trueba, a character in the novel ''The House of the Spirits'' by Chilean author Isabel Allende * Quercus Alba, a character in the video game '' Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth''

Video games

* '' Alba: A Wildlife Adventure'', a 2020 game developed by Ustwo Games

Films and television

* ''Alba'' (film), a 2016 Ecuadorian film *

BBC Alba BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day with BBC Radio nan Gàidheal s ...

, a Scottish Gaelic language digital television channel from the BBC * Alba (TV series), a Spanish drama television series

Literature

* ''Alba'' (novel), a 1985 novel Daniel Odier *

Alba (poetry) The ''alba'' (; "sunrise") is a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry. It describes the longing of lovers who, having passed a night together, must separate for fear of being discovered. A common figure found in the ''alba'' is the ''guaita'' ("sent ...

, a genre of Occitan poetry

Music

* Alba (Danish music ensemble) * Alba Musica Kyo, a music group founded by Toyohiko Satoh * "Alba", a song by Runrig from their 1987 album ''

The Cutter and the Clan ''The Cutter and the Clan'' is the fifth album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig. It was the band's breakthrough album, taking them from cottage industry to the international stage. It was also the first Runrig album to feature keyboard pl ...

'' * Alba (Allbina Bolatqyzy Nazarbayeva), a Kazakh singer signed under Juz Entertainment

Businesses and organizations

Brands and enterprises

Alba (brand) Alba was a British consumer electronics brand used for budget electronics. Established in 1917, Alba acquired its rival Bush in 1988, and was bought by the Home Retail Group, the parent company of the retailer Argos in 2008, who in turn was ta ...

, a British consumer electronics brand and manufacturing company owned by Sainsbury's *

Alba (watch) Alba is a sub-brand of Seiko Watch Corporation that produces a line of wristwatches. It first appeared in 1979 in Japan. Using Seiko's own family of movements but with modern styling designed to appeal to younger customers, Alba watches are pri ...

, a sub-brand of Seiko Watch Corporation * ALBA, an American milk products company owned by the Hain Celestial Group * Alba Engineering, an Italian motor racing company co-founded by

Giorgio Stirano Giorgio Stirano (born 23 February 1950 in Turin) is an Italian racing car engineer, who worked for Forti and Osella in Formula One. Early career During his university years Stirano was a rally co-driver and used to contribute to the motor sport ...

Alba Vineyard Alba Vineyard is an American winery in the Finesville section of Pohatcong Township in Warren County, New Jersey. Formerly a dairy farm, the vineyard was first planted in 1980, and opened to the public in 1982.Sullivan, Kathy"Alba Vineyard and Wi ...

, a winery in New Jersey *

Aluminium Bahrain Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East which started its commercial operations in 1971. 84% of Alba's employees are Bahraini nationals and the company has introduced numerous capacity building initia ...

, or AlBa, an aluminum producer in Bahrain

Schools and universities

ALBA Graduate Business School The American College of Greece (ACG) is a private college and high school in Agia Paraskevi, Greece. It was founded by United Church of Christ American missionaries in 1875. It was originally a primary and secondary school for girls. As of 2020, ...

, a Greek academic institution *

Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts The Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA; french: Académie libanaise des Beaux-Arts; ar, الأكاديمية اللبنانية للفنون الجميلة) was originally a stand-alone Lebanese institute, now one of the faculties at the Univer ...

, (French: ''Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts'' (ALBA));

Other organisations

* Alba Party, a Scottish political party *

ALBA ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scottish people, Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed i ...

, formerly Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, an intergovernmental organization *

Autogestión Liberadora Buenos Aires The ''Autogestión Liberadora Buenos Aires'' (ALBA) is a left-wing political party in Argentina. It contested the 2005 legislative elections for Buenos Aires Province and Buenos Aires City deputies in alliance with the ''Encuentro Amplio' The al ...

, an Argentinian political party * Operation Alba, a multinational peacekeeping force sent to Albania in 1997

People

Alba (given name) Alba is a unisex given name of Latin origin meaning "white". In Spanish and Italian the name means sunrise or "dawn". In Spanish and Italian speaking countries it is considered to be a female name. It can also be used as a Spanish surname, as in t ...

Alba (surname) Alba is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Benny Alba (born 1949), American artist * Elia Alba (born 1962), Dominican-American visual artist * Enrique Alba (born 1968), Spanish computer scientist * Massimo Alba (born 196 ...

Places

Italy

* Alba, Piedmont, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo *

Alba Adriatica Alba Adriatica is a town and ''comune'' with 12,386 residents (2014) in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy. It is known as one of the "seven sisters" of the northern Abruzzo coast, i.e. the seven coastal towns ...

, a ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo * Alba Fucens, an ancient town in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Alba Longa Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was d ...

, an ancient city in the Province of Rome, Lazio *

Baldissero d'Alba Baldissero d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of .All demo ...

, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont *

Diano d'Alba Diano d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Diano d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Alba, Benevello, Grinzane ...

, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont *

Morro d'Alba Morro d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. Morro d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Ostrense, Monte San Vito, San Marcello, Senigallia ...

, ''comune'' in the Province of Ancona, Marche * Republic of Alba, a French revolutionary municipality in Piedmont, 1798 * Republic of Alba (1944), a short-lived state in Piedmont *

Serralunga d'Alba Serralunga d'Alba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Serralunga d'Alba borders the following municipalities: Alba, Castiglione Fa ...

, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont *

Vezza d'Alba Vezza d'Alba is a ''comune'' in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is in the province of Cuneo, and is 65km north east of the town of Cuneo. Vezza was first recorded in the 10th century, as a territory of the Diocese of Asti and later passed to th ...

, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont

Romania

* Alba County, a county in Transylvania * Alba Iulia, a city in Alba County, Transylvania * Alba, a village in Hudeşti Commune, Botoşani County * Alba, a village in Izvoarele Commune, Tulcea County *

Alba (Șușița) The Alba is a left tributary of the river Șușița in Romania. It discharges into the Șușița in Răcoasa Răcoasa is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Gogoiu, Mărăști, Răcoasa, Varnița and ...

, a tributary of the Șușița in Vrancea County

Spain

* Alba, Aragon, a ''municipio'' in the Province of Teruel * Alba de Cerrato, a ''municipio'' in the Province of Palencia *

Alba de Tormes Alba de Tormes is a municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The town is on the River Tormes upstream from the city of Salamanca. Alba gave its name to one of Spain's most i ...

, a ''municipio'' in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and León *

Alba de Yeltes Alba de Yeltes is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. In 2016 the municipality had a population of 233. It has an area of and lies at above sea level. Th ...

, a ''municipio'' in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and León * Alba (Nalón), a tributary of the Nalón in the

Redes Natural Park The Redes Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Natural de Redes) is located in the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. Its total area is , split between two municipalities: Caso () and Sobrescobio (). It was declared a natural park in 1996. ...

in Asturias

Ukraine

* Cetatea Alba, a former Romanian name of

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...

, a city and port * Fântâna Albă, now Bila Krynytsia, a village in

Stary Vovchynets Staryi Vovchynets ( uk, Старий Вовчинець; ro, Volcineț) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Kamianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The Staryi Vovchynets village council is ...

commune *

Snake Island (Black Sea) Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island or Zmiinyi Island ( uk, острів Змії́ний, ostriv Zmiinyi; ro, Insula Șerpilor; russian: Змеиный, Zmeinyy), is an island belonging to Ukraine located in the Black Sea, near the D ...

, known as ''Alba'' to the Romans

United States

* Alba, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Antrim County *

Alba, Missouri Alba is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 544 at the 2020 census. History Alba was platted in 1882. An early postmaster gave the community his last name. A post office called Alba has been in operation since 1 ...

, a city in Jasper County *

Alba, Pennsylvania Alba is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 135 at the 2020 census. Geography Alba is located in southwestern Bradford County at (41.704343, -76.827519). It is bordered by Cant ...

, a borough in Bradford County *

Alba, Texas Alba ( ) is a town located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm To Market Road 17 on the western edge of Wood County, Texas south of Lake Fork and approximately ten miles west of Quitman. The population was 473 in the 2020 U.S. Census. ...

, a town divided between Wood County and Rains County * Alba Township, Henry County, Illinois *

Alba Township, Jackson County, Minnesota Alba Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 200 at the 2000 census. Alba Township was organized in 1872, and named for the Latin word meaning "white". Geography According to the United States Cens ...

Science and technology

Biology

* '' A. alba (disambiguation)'', various species *

Alba (rabbit) Alba was the name of a genetically modified "glowing" rabbit created as an artistic work by contemporary artist Eduardo Kac, produced in collaboration with French geneticist Louis-Marie Houdebine. Houdebine used the GFP gene found in the jellyf ...

, a genetically-modified glowing rabbit * Alba, a cultivar of ''

Bergenia stracheyi ''Bergenia stracheyi'' is a plant species in the genus ''Bergenia'' found in the Western Himalayas, from 2700 to 4700 m, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Bergenin and norbergenin Norbergenin is a chemical compound. It is the ''O''-demethylated deri ...

'' * Alba, a cultivar of sage ''

Salvia officinalis ''Salvia officinalis'', the common sage or just sage, is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region, thoug ...

'' *

Barn owl The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, being found almost everywhere except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalaya ...

, ''Tyto alba'', the common barn owl * ''

Cattleya elongata ''Cattleya elongata'', the "cattleya with the elongated stalk", is an orchid species in the genus ''Cattleya'' endemic to the campo rupestre The ''campo rupestre'' ("rupestrian grassland") is a discontinuous montane subtropical ecoregion occu ...

f. alba'', a Brazilian orchid variety * '' Isotheca alba'', a species of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae * Linea alba (abdomen), Latin for white line, a fibrous structure that runs down the midline of the abdomen in humans and other vertebrates *

Linea alba (cheek) The linea alba (Latin for ''white line''), in dentistry, is a horizontal streak on the buccal mucosa (inner surface of the cheek), level with the occlusion (biting plane). It usually extends from the commissure to the posterior teeth, and can extend ...

, Latin for white line, in dentistry refers to a horizontal streak on the buccal mucosa (inner surface of the cheek) * ''

Quercus alba An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...

'', the white oak, a species of tree * '' S. alba (disambiguation)'', various species * ''Ulmus × hollandica'' 'Alba', a hybrid elm tree

Other uses in science

ALBA (synchrotron) ALBA (meaning "Sunrise" in Catalan and in Spanish) is a third-generation synchrotron light source facility located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park in Cerdanyola del Vallès near Barcelona, in Catalonia (Spain). It was constructed and is operated ...

, a Spanish synchrotron radiation facility *

Alba Mons Alba Mons (formerly and still occasionally known as Alba Patera, a term that has since been restricted to the volcano's summit caldera; also initially known as the Arcadia ring) is a volcano located in the northern Tharsis region of the planet Ma ...

, a volcano on Mars * ALBA-1, a submarine communications cable between Cuba and Venezuela

Sport

Alba (shinty team) Alba is a shinty team selected to represent Scotland and Scottish Gaelic which plays annually in a composite rules international series, Iomain Cholmcille with hurling teams who represent the Irish Language. The prerequisite for playing in this t ...

, a Scottish composite rules shinty–hurling team *

Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...

, a German basketball club * S.C. Alba, a Portuguese football club

Transportation

Motor vehicles

* Alba (1907 automobile), an Austrian vintage car * Alba (1913 automobile), a French vintage car * Alba (1952 automobile), a Portuguese car * Alba (motorcycle), a 1920s German motorcycle

Ships

* SS ''Alba'', a Panamanian ship wrecked off Cornwall, England, in 1938 and painted by Alfred Wallis * SS ''Alba'', a Chilean ship wrecked in 1928

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

Video games

Films and television

Literature

Music

Businesses and organizations

Brands and enterprises

Schools and universities

Other organisations

People

Places

Italy

Romania

Spain

Ukraine

United States

Science and technology

Biology

Other uses in science

Sport

Transportation

Motor vehicles

Ships

See also