Albany Explained

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, 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

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
  • Port of Albany, the port of Albany
• City of Albany, Western Australia, a local government area
  • Albany (suburb), a suburb of the City of Albany
  • Port Albany, Western Australia, a suburb of the City of Albany
• 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 Park (disambiguation)
• Albany Township (disambiguation)
• New Albany (disambiguation)
• Albania (disambiguation)
• Albanian (disambiguation)
• Albanians (disambiguation)