Definitions for albas

albas al·ba

Spelling: [ahl-buh, al-]
IPA: /ˈɑl bə, ˈæl-/

Albas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in albas (aabls).

Definitions for albas

noun

  1. a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
  2. Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.

Origin of albas

1815-25; Old Provençal: dawn Latin, feminine of albus white

Examples for albas

alba beckoned the captains to him, and assigned to each his duty.

Let others look to this; for I am not King of alba, but captain of the host only.

The men of alba also took the oath, and confirmed it after their own fashion.

From alba and Spain, and the far-off isles of Greece, kings came to woo her.

Surely the men of alba themselves had not borne to see such a sight.

Yet I say not that all the men of alba are guilty of this matter.

The ashes of Pompey were carried to Cornelia, who buried them in his lands near alba.

A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of alba died Thursday at the age of 88.

"Neither of you shall forfeit his reward," said the great alba.

It was not by any ordering of mine that the men of alba went towards the mountains.

Word Value for albas
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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