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Albion

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Al·bi·on  (lb-n)
England or Great Britain. Often used poetically.
Albion [ˈælbɪən]
n
(Placename) Archaic or poetic Britain or England
[from Latin, of Celtic origin]
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Noun1.Albion - archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
Translations
Albion [ˈælbɪən] N → Albión f
Albion
n (poet) → Albion nt
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He begins with the coming of Brutus, the ancient hero who conquered Albion and changed its name to Britain, and he continues to about two hundred years after the death of Arthur.
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Planchet was delighted to learn that the army was levied, and that he (Planchet) found himself a kind of half king, who from his throne-counter kept in pay a body of troops destined to make war against perfidious Albion, that enemy of all true French hearts.
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Soon we came within sight of the white cliffs of Albion.
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