[ahl-buh, al-] 
| a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn. |
[al-bur-tuh] | 1. | a province in W Canada. 1,799,771; 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton. Abbreviation: Alba., Alta. |
| 2. | a female given name, form of Albertine. |
[al-vuh; Sp. ahl-vah] | 1. | Also, Alba. Fer⋅nan⋅do Al⋅va⋅rez de To⋅le⋅do [fer-nahn-daw ahl-vah-reth the taw-le-thaw] , Duke of, 1508–82, Spanish general who suppressed a Protestant rebellion in the Netherlands in 1567. |
| 2. | a male or female given name. |
| Al·ba (āl'bə) See Duke of Alva. |
| Al·va (āl'və, äl'vä) Spanish general and colonial administrator of the Netherlands (1567-1573). |
Province in western Canada, bordered by the Northwest Territories to the north, Saskatchewan to the east, Montana to the south, and British Columbia to the west. Edmonton is its capital and largest city.
Note: Recent exploitation of oil, natural gas, and mineral resources has replaced agriculture as Alberta's primary industry.
Note: Banff, in the Canadian Rockies (see Rocky Mountains), is a popular vacation spot.
alba al·ba (āl'bə)
n.
See white matter.
alba
in the music of the troubadours, the 11th- and 12th-century poet-musicians of southern France, a song of lament for lovers parting at dawn or of a watchman's warning to lovers at dawn. A song of the latter type sometimes takes the form of a dialogue between a watchman and a lover. Some sources consider the alba an early form of an aubade, though unlike the alba an aubade is usually a celebration of the dawn. Examples of albas for which music also survives include Reis glorios by Giraut de Bornelh (c. 1140-c. 1200) and the anonymous Gaite de la tor. The minnesingers, the German counterparts of the troubadours, also used the form, calling it Tagelied ("day song").
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