alba

Alba is a term with several distinct uses across languages and contexts. From the Latin albus, meaning white, alba conveys whiteness; in Italian and Spanish alba also denotes dawn or daybreak and appears in poetry and heraldry.

In medieval Occitan literature, an alba is a lyric poem in which two lovers part at dawn, often framed as a farewell before the day light appears.

Geography: Alba, Piedmont, Italy, is a historic town in northern Italy known for wines from the Langhe region and for white truffles. It sits along the Tanaro River and is a cultural center of the area.

People: Alba is used as a given name and surname. Notable individuals include American actress Jessica Alba and Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher.

Organizations: ALBA is the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, a regional bloc founded in 2004 by Venezuela and Cuba. The alliance is discussed in the context of regional integration and leftist politics. The Alba Party, founded in 2021 by Alex Salmond, is a Scottish pro-independence party.