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Al⋅bert

[al-bert]
–noun
1. Carl (Bert), 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
2. Prince (Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), 1819–61, consort of Queen Victoria.
3. Lake. Also called Alʹbert Nyanʹza. a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a source of the Nile. 100 mi. (160 km) long; 2061 sq. mi. (5338 sq. km); 2030 ft. (619 m) above sea level.
4. a male given name: from Old High German words meaning “noble” and “bright.”
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Albert, Lake also Albert Ny·an·za   (nī-ān'zə, nyän'-)   
A shallow lake of east-central Africa in the Great Rift Valley on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was discovered in 1864 by Sir Samuel Baker and named for Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort.
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Albert 
masc. proper name, from Ger. (the Fr. form is Aubert), from O.H.G. Adalbert, cognate of O.E. Æþelbeorht "Noble-bright," sometimes metathesized as Æþelbriht, hence the surname Albright.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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