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Albula

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English

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Proper noun

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Albula

  1. Albula Region, an administrative district in Grisons canton, Switzerland, which replaced Albula District in 2017.

Latin

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Etymology

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Perhaps dating to a Proto-Indo-European name for the river meaning "white (with sediment)" or "from the mountains," from *albʰós (white), *h₂elbʰós (mountain).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Albula m sg (genitive Albulae); first declension

  1. The ancient name of the Tiber
  2. A small river in Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny
  3. A small river that flows into the Anio near the town of Tibur

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Albula
genitive Albulae
dative Albulae
accusative Albulam
ablative Albulā
vocative Albula

References

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  • Albula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Albula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ G. Alessio "Studi storico-linguisitci messapici" in Archivio Storico Pugliese p. 304; "Sul nome di Brindisi" in Archivio Storico Puglese VIII 1955 p. 211 f.; "Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea" in Atti del VII Congresso Internazionale di Studi Onomastici Firenze 1962 p. 85.