Albiones

Latin
"Nicer Clutosi [ex] Ɔ(astella) Cauriaca principis Albionum"

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“the upper world”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbi.o.nes/, [aɫˈbi.ɔ.nɛs]

Proper noun

Albionēs m pl (genitive Albionum); third declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, located in the west bank of the Navia river

Declension

Third declension.

Case Plural
Nominative Albionēs
Genitive Albionum
Dative Albionibus
Accusative Albionēs
Ablative Albionibus
Vocative Albionēs

References
  • Albiones in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
  1. Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29.
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