ALB

An Alb is a liturgical vestment

ALB, Alb or alb may also refer to:

Places

• Alb (Northern Black Forest), a tributary of the Rhine near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
• Alb (Southern Black Forest), a tributary of the Rhine at the headwaters of Albbruck Menze Schwander, Germany
• Crișul Alb River, a river in western Romania
• Albany International Airport, by IATA code
• Albany-Rensselaer (Amtrak station), a train station in Albany, New York
• Albrighton railway station (National Rail code) in Shropshire, England
• Franconian Jura (Fränkische Alb), an upland in Bavaria, Germany
• Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb), a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Computing, science and technology

• ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Albania
• ISO 639-2 language code for the Albanian language
• The ALB gene, which encodes serum albumin in humans
• Anti-lock braking system
• Asian long-horned beetle
• Harmonia axyridis, the Asian lady beetle

Media and entertainment

• ALB (musician), a French electro-pop musician, real name Clément Daquin

Other uses

• Abraham Lincoln Brigade
• All-weather lifeboat (as opposed to inshore lifeboat, or ILB), such as the:
  • Mersey class lifeboat, all-weather lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
  • Severn class lifeboat, the largest all-weather lifeboat in use by the RNLI
  • Tamar class lifeboat, the latest replacement of the previous Tyne class lifeboat lifeboats
• Animal Liberation Brigade

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