City

Albany

Albany, derived from the Gaelic for Scotland, most commonly refers to:

  • Albany, New York, the capital of the State of New York and largest city of this name
  • Albany, Western Australia, port city in the Great Southern

Albany may also refer to:

Arts and music

  • "Albany" (1981), a song by the British singer Roger Whittaker
  • Albany Theatre (formerly the Albany Empire), in Deptford, South London, England

Organizations and institutions

England

  • Albany Academy, Chorley
  • Hornchurch High School, London, formerly The Albany School

United States

Georgia

  • Albany Movement, desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia in 1961
  • Albany State University, Albany

New York

  • Albany Great Danes, the athletic program of the University at Albany
  • Albany Records, a record label in Albany
  • Albany Symphony Orchestra
  • University at Albany, SUNY

People

  • Albany Leon Bigard, better known as Barney Bigard, a jazz musician
  • Duke of Albany, a Scottish, and later, British peerage title
    • Regent Albany (disambiguation), several Dukes of Albany who were regent of Scotland
  • Michel Roger Lafosse, or Michael James Alexander Stewart of Albany, a claimant to the Scottish throne

Places

Australia

  • Albany, Western Australia, a city
  • City of Albany, Western Australia, a local government area
  • Electoral district of Albany, Western Australia
  • Albany Creek, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
  • Albany Island, off Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Bahamas

  • Albany, New Providence

Canada

  • Albany, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Albany, Nova Scotia
  • Albany, Prince Edward Island
  • Albany River, in Ontario
  • Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario
    • Fort Albany (Ontario), the historical trading post at whose site the First Nation was established

New Zealand

  • Albany, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
  • Albany (New Zealand electorate), existed between 1978 and 2002

South Africa

  • Albany, South Africa, a region in the Eastern Cape named after the capital of New York State

United Kingdom

  • Albany, Tyne and Wear, a suburb of Washington
  • Albany (Liverpool), formerly a meeting place for cotton brokers, now divided into apartments
  • Albany (London), a famous apartment complex in London
  • HM Prison Albany, a Category B men's prison on the Isle of Wight

United States

  • Lake Albany, a prehistoric proglacial lake

By state, A to M

  • Albany, California
  • Albany, Georgia
  • Albany, Illinois
  • Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois
  • Albany, Indiana
  • New Albany, Indiana
  • Albany, Iowa, in Westfield Township, Fayette County
  • Albany, Kentucky
  • Albany, Louisiana
  • Albany, Minnesota
  • Albany, Missouri
  • Albany, Ray County, Missouri

By state, N to Z

  • Albany, New Hampshire
  • Albany, New York, the state capital
  • Albany, Ohio
  • Albany, Oklahoma
  • Albany, Oregon
  • Albany, Pennsylvania
  • Albany, Texas
  • Albany, Vermont, a town
    • Albany (village), Vermont, a village in the town
  • Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
    • Albany, Wisconsin, a village in the town
  • Albany, Pepin County, Wisconsin, a town
  • Albany, Wyoming

Transportation

Air

  • Albany Airport (disambiguation), a list of airports associated with places named Albany

Ships

  • Albany (sternwheeler 1868), operated on the Willamette River in Oregon, United States, wrecked 1875
  • HMS Albany, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
  • HMAS Albany (ACPB 86), an Armidale–class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
  • MV Empire Albany, later renamed Albany
  • USS Albany, the name of six ships of the US Navy, all named for Albany, New York

Road

  • Albany (1903 automobile), an early British automobile
  • Albany (1907 automobile), an early American automobile
  • Albany (automobile), an English car of the 1970s with "veteran styling"

Rail

  • Albany station (Oregon)
  • Albany–Rensselaer station, New York

See also

  • Alba, the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, also anglicized as Albany
  • Albany County (disambiguation)
  • Albany Empire (disambiguation)
  • Albany Township (disambiguation)
  • New Albany (disambiguation)
  • Albania (disambiguation)
  • Albanian (disambiguation)
  • Albanians (disambiguation)
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