\Al"bi*on\, n. [Prob. from the same root as Gael. alp a
height or hill. ``It may have been bestowed on the land lying
behind the white cliffs visible from the coast of Gaul.
Albany, the old name of Scotland, means probably the ``hilly
land.'' --I. Taylor.]
An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.

      In that nook-shotten isle of Albion.     --Shak.