Definition of Albion

1. Noun. Archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically.

Generic synonyms: Gb, Great Britain, England

Definition of Albion

1. n. An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.

Definition of Albion

1. Proper noun. The ancient name for England (or sometimes, the British Isles), now only used poetically. ¹

2. Proper noun. Any of several small towns in the United States. ¹

3. Proper noun. (w West Bromwich Albion Football Club), a football team from West Bromwich ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albion

Albertina
Albertine
Alberto Giacometti
Alberts
Albertville
Albi
Albie
Albigenses
Albigensian
Albigensianism
Albin
Albina
Albini's nodules
Albino Luciano
Albinus' muscle
Albion
Albireo
Albizia julibrissin
Albizia lebbeck
Albizia saman
Albizzia julibrissin
Albizzia lebbeck
Alborg
Albrecht's bone
Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
Albright's disease
Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
Albright's syndrome
Albright knot

Literary usage of Albion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Narrative of Travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio by Elias Pym Fordham, Frederic Austin Ogg (1906)
"I AM laying off a new town to be called albion.1 It will consist of 8 streets and a public square. Most likely it will be the County Town, and if so, ..."

2. The American Bar by James Clark Fifield (1918)
"albion College, AB, 1892; legal ed. Univ. of Mich., and law office. ... Steel Products Co., Nat'l Spring & Wire Co., albion Malleable Iron Co. ..."

3. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLAY OF albion KNIGHT It has been generally recognized that the mid-sixteenth century play albion Knight,\ of which a ..."

4. Personal Narrative of Travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio by Elias Pym Fordham (1906)
"I AM laying off a new town to be called albion.1 It will consist of 8 streets and a public square. Most likely it will be the County Town, and if so, ..."

5. Personal Narratives of Travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio by Elias Pym Fordham (1906)
"I AM laying off a new town to be called albion.1 It will consist of 8 streets and a public square. Most likely it will be the County Town, and if so, ..."

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