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Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. Alba may also refer to:

General

• Alba (poetry), a Provencal genre of poetry
• Alba (rabbit), the name of a famous genetically altered rabbit in France
• Rhynchospora alba, a tufted herbaceous perennial plant in the sedge family
• Operation Alba, a 1997 Italian-led operation to restore economic order in Durrës, Albania and other towns
• The feminine form of albus, the Latin word for white.

Places

Italy

• Alba (CN), a town in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont
• Alba Fucens ancient town the Abruzzo region
• Alba Longa, ancient city southeast of Rome
• Baldissero d'Alba, a municipality in the Province of Cuneo
• Diano d'Alba, a municipality in the Province of Cuneo
• Morro d'Alba, municipality in the Province of Ancona
• Republic of Alba (1796-1801)
• Republic of Alba (1944)
• Serralunga d'Alba, a municipality in the Province of Cuneo
• Snake Island (Black Sea), known as Alba to the Romans
• Vezza d'Alba, a municipality in Piedmont

Romania

• Alba County
• Alba Iulia, the capital city of the Alba County
• Fântâna Albă massacre

Somalia

• Alba, a city in Somalia

Spain

• Alba, Aragon, Spain
• Alba de Tormes, province of Salamanca, Castile-Leon
• Alba de Yeltes, province of Salamanca, Castile-Leon

United States of America

• Alba, Michigan
• Alba, Missouri
• Alba, Pennsylvania
• Alba, Texas
• Alba Township, Illinois
• Alba Township, Minnesota

People

• Alba Milana (born 1959), Italian long-distance runner
• Alba Silvius, ancient Roman king of Alba Longa
• Jessica Alba, American actress
• House of Alba, an important aristocratic family of Spanish origin
• List of Dukes of Alba, Spanish nobility of the House of Alba
• Macrino d'Alba, (c. 1460 – c. 1510), an Italian painter
• Jordi Alba (born 1989), Spanish professional footballer

Products

• Alba (watch), a brand of wristwatch manufactured by Seiko
• Alba (1907 automobile), an Austrian vintage car
• Alba (1913 automobile), a French vintage car

Organizations

• Alba (electronics), a consumer electronics company based in the United Kingdom
• ALBA (synchrotron), a synchrotron radiation facility in Barcelona, Spain
• ALBA Graduate Business School, a private, not-for-profit, Business School based in Greece
• ALBA - Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (Alianza Bolivariana para las Américas), an international cooperation organization in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts) at the University of Balamand in Lebanon
• Sport Clube Alba, a Portuguese football club
• ALBA, a milk products company owned by the Hain Celestial Group
• BBC Alba (or BBC Gàidhlig) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland's national broadcaster, BBC Scotland.

Fiction

• Alba, a novel by Delacorta, whose Diva series is based on a character named Alba
• Alba, a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe, see List of Star Wars planets (A-B)
• Alba, the son of Darkstalkers video game character Rikuo
• Alba Meira, a character from the King of Fighters video game series
• Alba, the daughter of characters Henry and Clare DeTamble in the novel The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Alba Trueba, a character in Isabel Allende's novel The House of the Spirits

Ships

• SS Alba a ship which was wrecked at Porthmeor Beach, Devon in 1938

Species Latin names

• A. alba, several species

See also

• Alb, a white liturgical vestment
• Albion, an old name for Great Britain

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