Albany

Albany often refers to:

• Albany, New York, the capital of the U.S. state of New York, and the largest US city named Albany
• Albany, Georgia, a city in the U.S. state of Georgia
• Albany, Western Australia, a port city in Australia

Albany may also refer to:

Places

Albany is a common place name. It is derived from Alba (Gaelic for Scotland) and its Latinisation, Albania. In older English it is used to mean Scotland generally, and in particular the part of Scotland north of the Firth of Forth and Firth of Clyde.

Australia

• Relating to Albany, Western Australia:
  • City of Albany, the Western Australian local government area responsible for Albany
  • Electoral district of Albany, the district of the Western Australian Legislative Council covering Albany
• Albany Creek, a suburb of Brisbane
• Albany Island, an island at Cape York Peninsula

Canada

• Albany, Nova Scotia
• Albany, Ontario
• Albany, Prince Edward Island
• Fort Albany, Ontario

New Zealand

• Albany, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland

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, Tyne and Wear
• Albany, an ancient name for North Britain

United States of America

• Albany, Alabama (1887–1927; merged with Decatur, Alabama), named in honor of Albany, New York in 1916
• Albany, California, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1909
• Albany, Illinois
• Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois
• Albany Township, Illinois
• Albany, Indiana
• Albany, Iowa
• Albany, Kentucky, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1837
• Albany, Louisiana
• Albany Township, Maine
• Albany, Minnesota
• Albany Township, Minnesota
• Albany, Missouri
• Albany Township, Nebraska
• Albany, New Hampshire, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1833
• Relating to Albany, New York:
  • Albany County, New York
• Albany, Ohio
• Albany, Oklahoma, named in honor of Albany, New York
• Albany, Oregon, named in honor of Albany, New York in 1848
• Albany, Pennsylvania
• Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
• Albany, Tennessee
• Albany, Texas, named in honor of Albany, Georgia in 1873
• Albany, Vermont
• Albany, Wisconsin, a village located within the town of Albany, Green County
• Albany, Green County, Wisconsin, a town
• Albany, Pepin County, Wisconsin, a town
• Albany, Wyoming
• Albany County, Wyoming

Transport

Air

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

Ships

• HMS Albany, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
• HMAS Albany, an Armidale–class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
• MV Empire Albany, later renamed Albany.
• USS Albany, the name of five ships of the United States Navy, all named for Albany, New York

Road

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

Rail

• Albany, Oregon (Amtrak station)
• Albany-Rensselaer (Amtrak station), New York

Buildings

• Albany (Liverpool), formerly a meeting place for cotton brokers, now divided into apartments
• Albany (London), a famous apartment complex in London
• Albany (HM Prison), a Category B men's prison on the Isle of Wight
• Albany Theatre (formerly the Albany Empire), in Deptford, South London

Geography

• Albany River, in Canada
• Lake Albany, a prehistoric proglacial lake

People

• Albany Leon Bigard, better known as Barney Bigard, jazz musician
• Duke of Albany, a Scottish, and later, British Peerage title
• Michael of Alban, self-style of Michel Roger Lafosse; Stewart claimant.
• Regent Albany (disambiguation), the title of several Dukes of Albany who served as regent of the Kingdom of Scotland

Organizations and institutions

• Albany Great Danes, the athletic program of the University at Albany
• Albany Movement, desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in 1961
• Albany Records, a record label in Albany, New York
• Albany State University, Albany, Georgia
• Albany Symphony Orchestra, New York
• University at Albany, SUNY, New York

Songs

• Albany (1981), a well-known German language schlager by the British singer Roger Whittaker

See also

• New Albany (disambiguation)