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[td]{{About|the archaic name for Britain}}[/td] [td][[File:white cliffs of dover 09 2004.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The [[White Cliffs of Dover]] may have given rise to the name ''Albion''.]][/td]
[td][[File:white cliffs of dover 09 2004.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The [[White Cliffs of Dover]] may have given rise to the name ''Albion''.]][/td] [td]'''Albion''' (''La Perfide Albion in french'') is an alternative name for [[Great Britain]]. The oldest attestation of the [[toponymy|toponym]] comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than "Britain" today. The name for [[Scotland]] in most of the Celtic languages is related to Albion: {{lang|gd|[[Alba]]}} in [[Scottish Gaelic]], {{lang|ga|Albain}} (genitive {{lang|ga|Alban}}) in [[Irish language|Irish]], {{lang|gv|Nalbin}} in [[Manx language|Manx]] and {{lang|cy|Alban}} in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and [[Cornish language|Cornish]]. These names were later [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] as ''Albania'' {{citation needed|date=February 2025}} and [[Anglicisation|Anglicised]] as ''Albany'', which were once alternative names for Scotland.[/td]
[td]'''Albion''' is an alternative name for [[Great Britain]]. The oldest attestation of the [[toponymy|toponym]] comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than "Britain" today. The name for [[Scotland]] in most of the Celtic languages is related to Albion: {{lang|gd|[[Alba]]}} in [[Scottish Gaelic]], {{lang|ga|Albain}} (genitive {{lang|ga|Alban}}) in [[Irish language|Irish]], {{lang|gv|Nalbin}} in [[Manx language|Manx]] and {{lang|cy|Alban}} in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and [[Cornish language|Cornish]]. These names were later [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] as ''Albania'' {{citation needed|date=February 2025}} and [[Anglicisation|Anglicised]] as ''Albany'', which were once alternative names for Scotland.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]''New Albion'' and ''Albionoria'' ("Albion of the North") were briefly suggested as [[name of Canada|names of Canada]] during the period of the [[Canadian Confederation]].<ref name="other">{{cite web|url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|title=How Canada Got Its Name|website=about.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010120...om/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|archive-date=7 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rayburn|first=Alan|title=Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiUZMOypNB4C&pg=PA16|year=2001|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8293-0|page=16}}</ref> [[Francis Drake]] gave the name [[New Albion]] to what is now [[California]] when he landed there in 1579.[/td]
[td]''New Albion'' and ''Albionoria'' ("Albion of the North") were briefly suggested as [[name of Canada|names of Canada]] during the period of the [[Canadian Confederation]].<ref name="other">{{cite web|url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|title=How Canada Got Its Name|website=about.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010120...om/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|archive-date=7 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rayburn|first=Alan|title=Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiUZMOypNB4C&pg=PA16|year=2001|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8293-0|page=16}}</ref> [[Francis Drake]] gave the name [[New Albion]] to what is now [[California]] when he landed there in 1579.[/td]
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[/td][td]{{About|the archaic name for Britain}}[/td] [td][[File:white cliffs of dover 09 2004.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The [[White Cliffs of Dover]] may have given rise to the name ''Albion''.]][/td]
[td][[File:white cliffs of dover 09 2004.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The [[White Cliffs of Dover]] may have given rise to the name ''Albion''.]][/td] [td]'''Albion''' (''La Perfide Albion in french'') is an alternative name for [[Great Britain]]. The oldest attestation of the [[toponymy|toponym]] comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than "Britain" today. The name for [[Scotland]] in most of the Celtic languages is related to Albion: {{lang|gd|[[Alba]]}} in [[Scottish Gaelic]], {{lang|ga|Albain}} (genitive {{lang|ga|Alban}}) in [[Irish language|Irish]], {{lang|gv|Nalbin}} in [[Manx language|Manx]] and {{lang|cy|Alban}} in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and [[Cornish language|Cornish]]. These names were later [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] as ''Albania'' {{citation needed|date=February 2025}} and [[Anglicisation|Anglicised]] as ''Albany'', which were once alternative names for Scotland.[/td]
[td]'''Albion''' is an alternative name for [[Great Britain]]. The oldest attestation of the [[toponymy|toponym]] comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than "Britain" today. The name for [[Scotland]] in most of the Celtic languages is related to Albion: {{lang|gd|[[Alba]]}} in [[Scottish Gaelic]], {{lang|ga|Albain}} (genitive {{lang|ga|Alban}}) in [[Irish language|Irish]], {{lang|gv|Nalbin}} in [[Manx language|Manx]] and {{lang|cy|Alban}} in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and [[Cornish language|Cornish]]. These names were later [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] as ''Albania'' {{citation needed|date=February 2025}} and [[Anglicisation|Anglicised]] as ''Albany'', which were once alternative names for Scotland.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]''New Albion'' and ''Albionoria'' ("Albion of the North") were briefly suggested as [[name of Canada|names of Canada]] during the period of the [[Canadian Confederation]].<ref name="other">{{cite web|url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|title=How Canada Got Its Name|website=about.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010120...om/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|archive-date=7 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rayburn|first=Alan|title=Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiUZMOypNB4C&pg=PA16|year=2001|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8293-0|page=16}}</ref> [[Francis Drake]] gave the name [[New Albion]] to what is now [[California]] when he landed there in 1579.[/td]
[td]''New Albion'' and ''Albionoria'' ("Albion of the North") were briefly suggested as [[name of Canada|names of Canada]] during the period of the [[Canadian Confederation]].<ref name="other">{{cite web|url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|title=How Canada Got Its Name|website=about.com|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010120...om/od/history/a/namecanada.htm|archive-date=7 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rayburn|first=Alan|title=Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiUZMOypNB4C&pg=PA16|year=2001|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8293-0|page=16}}</ref> [[Francis Drake]] gave the name [[New Albion]] to what is now [[California]] when he landed there in 1579.[/td]
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