Albiones

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Latin

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"Nicer Clutosi [ex] Ɔ(astella) Cauriaca principis Albionum"

Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (the upper world), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (white).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Albionēs m pl (genitive Albionum); third declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, located in the west bank of the Navia river

Declension

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Third-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Albionēs
genitive Albionum
dative Albionibus
accusative Albionēs
ablative Albionibus
vocative Albionēs
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References

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  • Albiones in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
  1. ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29.