Definition of Albon
Albion, a white cliff, the ancient name of Great Britain.
- Wikipedia
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The ancient name for England (or sometimes, the British Isles), now only used poetically.
- Any of several small towns in the United States.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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