Definitions for Alba

Alba al·ba

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

Alba is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Alba (aabl).

Definitions for Alba

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 Alba

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

Examples for Alba

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for Alba
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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