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Albany Male Female Unisex
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Origin: Medieval

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Celtic *albiyū Old Irish Albubor. Medieval Latin Albaniabor. Middle English Albany English Albany From Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania (“Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Alba (“Scotland”), from Old Irish Albu (“Britain, Scotland”), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“world”, literally “white (place)”) (compare Old Welsh elbid (“world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰos (“white”), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover.

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