🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

阿尔班

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ā ěr bān

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Alban/ˈæl.bən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"阿尔班是一个源自拉丁语的名字。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A male given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early saints and historical figures in Britain and Europe.

    "Saint Alban is venerated as the first Christian martyr of Roman Britain."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to Alban, or historically connected to the ancient geographic and cultural regions of Albion.

    "The medieval texts contained references to the ancient Alban traditions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin name Albanus, meaning "from Alba" or "white", historically referring to the ancient city of Alba Longa or simply denoting a person from Britain (Albion). The name entered Old English and other Germanic languages via early Christian veneration of Saint Alban, the first recorded British Christian martyr.

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