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albas

UK/ˈæl.bəz/

albas is the plural of alba.

Meaning of alba

Noun (1)

alba (plural albas)

  1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

Noun (2)

alba (plural albas)

  1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
  2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

Noun (3)

alba (plural albas)

  1. Synonym of alb.
    • On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.1857, Isaac F[arwell] Holton, “Montserrate and the Boqueron”, in New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 217
    Synonyms:
    alb

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Questions about albas

What is albas the plural of?
Albas is the plural of alba.
How do you pronounce albas?
Albas is pronounced /ˈæl.bəz/ (UK).

Words near albas in the dictionary

  1. Albarn
  2. Albarracin
  3. Albarracins
  4. Albarran
  5. Albarrans
  6. albas
  7. Albasan
  8. albaspine
  9. albaspines
  10. Albaston
  11. albata

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