ALBION - Definition

Pronunciation:		'albeeun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically

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	See Also:	England, Great Britain

Products Dictionary

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Al"bi*on\, n. [Prob. from the same root as Gael. alp a height or hill. ``It may have been bestowed on the land lying behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of Gaul. Albany, the old name of Scotland, means probably the ``hilly land.'' --I. Taylor.] An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. --Shak.