Albany

The name Albany is an ancient and literary Celtic name for Scotland, north of the Firth of Forth (east) and Firth of Clyde (west). Variants are Alban, Albin, Alba and Albion. Other uses probably derive from this.

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It is not related though to the Mediterranean Albania.

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Albany is most commonly used as the name of the New York state capital. See Albany, New York

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Albany is also the name of a number of other cities:

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Celtic: The words Celt and Celtic can have a variety of meanings....

Scotland: :For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology)....

Firth of Forth: The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south. The river is tidal as far inland as Stirling, but generally it is considered that the inland exte...

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Lakehouse Albany Ny	Albany State University Logo	Albany State University Seal	Political Map of Albany KY
Greetings from Albany New York	Greetings from Albany New York	Prince Leopold Duke of Albany	Plan of Two Suburban Residences at Albany New York
The "Clermont" the First Steam Packet Sailing from New York to Albany in September 1807	Portrait of Louise Maximiliana Caroline Countess of Albany