Albyn

English

Etymology

See Albion and Alba.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Al‧byn

Proper noun

Albyn

  1. (poetic) Scotland, especially the Highlands.
    • 1854, William Campbell, The Raid of Albyn:
      Is there no Albyn now to wake thy song,
      No chiefs who still their fathers' worth retain,
      No plumed and plaided clans those hills among,
      Worthy to claim the tribute of thy strain?
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