Albany

Albany, derived from Alba, 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, a port city in the Great Southern region

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
• Albany Theatre (Coventry), in Coventry, 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

• Electoral district of Albany, situated in Western Australia
  • City of Albany, a local government area within the electoral district
    • Albany, Western Australia, the city around which the LGA is centered
      • Port of Albany, the port of Albany
      • Albany (suburb), the city center
      • Port Albany, Western Australia, another suburb within the city
• Albany Creek, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
• Albany Island, off Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Bahamas

• Albany, New Providence, a luxury resort

Canada

• Albany, Edmonton, a neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta
• Albany, Nova Scotia, a community
• Albany, Prince Edward Island, an unincorporated community
• Albany River, a river in Ontario
• Fort Albany First Nation, a tribe in 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), an 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

Cities and neighborhoods

• Albany, Alabama, a former city, now a neighborhood of Decatur, Alabama
• Albany, California, a city
• Albany, Georgia, a city
• Albany Park, Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
• New Albany, Indiana, a city
• Albany, Kentucky, a city
• Albany, Minnesota, a city
• Albany, Missouri, a city
• Albany, New York, the state capital
• Albany, Oregon, a city
• Albany, Texas, a city

Towns

• Albany, Indiana, a town
• Albany, Louisiana, a town
• Albany, New Hampshire, a town
• 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

Unincorporated communities

• Albany, Illinois, a village
• Albany, Iowa, an unincorporated community in Westfield Township, Fayette County, Iowa
• Albany, Ray County, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Albany, Ohio, a village
• Albany, Oklahoma, a census-designated place
• Albany, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Albany, Wyoming, a census-designated place

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 (late 20th-century 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 Park (disambiguation)
• Albany Township (disambiguation)
• New Albany (disambiguation)
• Albania (disambiguation)
• Albanian (disambiguation)
• Albanians (disambiguation)
• Albion (disambiguation)