Albion : (noun)
1: archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
[syn: Albion]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Albion : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Albion, CA
Zip code(s): 95410
Albion, IA (city, FIPS 955)
Location: 42.11277 N, 92.98918 W
Population (1990): 585 (221 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50005
Albion, ID (city, FIPS 1000)
Location: 42.41097 N, 113.58006 W
Population (1990): 305 (135 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Albion, IL (city, FIPS 568)
Location: 38.37618 N, 88.05720 W
Population (1990): 2116 (991 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62806
Albion, IN (town, FIPS 820)
Location: 41.39520 N, 85.41970 W
Population (1990): 1823 (787 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46701
Albion, ME
Zip code(s): 04910
Albion, MI (city, FIPS 980)
Location: 42.24636 N, 84.75687 W
Population (1990): 10066 (3656 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49224
Albion, NE (city, FIPS 555)
Location: 41.68933 N, 98.00279 W
Population (1990): 1916 (867 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68620
Albion, NY (village, FIPS 1033)
Location: 43.24588 N, 78.18935 W
Population (1990): 5863 (2453 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14411
Albion, OK (town, FIPS 1050)
Location: 34.66197 N, 95.09920 W
Population (1990): 88 (54 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Albion, PA (borough, FIPS 628)
Location: 41.88960 N, 80.36384 W
Population (1990): 1575 (642 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Albion, WA (town, FIPS 1010)
Location: 46.79253 N, 117.24950 W
Population (1990): 632 (286 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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