Definitions for albany
ˈɔl bə nial·bany

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Albany, capital of New Yorknoun

   state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river

2. Albanynoun

   a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Albanynoun

   The capital of the state of New York, United States, population 95,658 (2000 census)

2. Albanynoun

   A city in Georgia, United States, population 76,939 (2000 census)

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1. albany

   Albany is usually referring to the capital city of New York state in the United States. It is located on the west bank of the Hudson River and is one of the oldest surviving European settlements from the original thirteen colonies. However, it can refer to several other cities or towns in various countries including Australia, South Africa, and Canada.

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1. Albany

   Albany north of city of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census. Albany has close ties with the nearby cities of Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs, forming a region called the Capital District. The bulk of this area is made up of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Its 2010 population was 870,716, the fourth-largest urban area in New York State and the 58th-largest MSA in the country. Albany saw its first European settlement on November 2, 1614 and was officially chartered as a city in 1686. It became the capital of New York in 1797. It is one of the oldest surviving settlements from the original thirteen colonies, and the longest continuously chartered city in the United States. Modern Albany was founded as the Dutch trading posts of Fort Nassau in 1614 and Fort Orange in 1624. The fur trade brought in a population that settled around Fort Orange and founded a village called Beverwijck. The English took over and renamed the city Albany in 1664, in honor of the then Duke of Albany, the future James II of England and James VII of Scotland. The city was officially chartered in 1686 with the issuance of the Dongan Charter, the oldest effective city charter in the United States and possibly the longest-running instrument of municipal government in the Western Hemisphere. Albany is one of the first cities in the world to have installed public water mains, sewer lines, natural gas lines and electricity, bringing substantial new industry to the city and surrounding area during the 19th century. During the late 18th century and throughout most of the 19th, Albany was a center of transportation. It is located on the north end of the navigable Hudson River, was the original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal, and was home to some of the earliest railroad systems in the world. Albany's main exports at the time were beer, lumber, published works, and ironworks. Beginning in 1810, Albany was one of the ten most populous cities in the United States, a distinction that it held until the 1860 census. In the 20th century, the city opened one of the first commercial airports in the world, the precursor of today's Albany International Airport. The 1920s saw the rise of a powerful political machine controlled by the Democratic Party. The city's skyline changed in the 1960s with the construction of the Empire State Plaza and the uptown campus of SUNY Albany, mainly under the direction of Governor Nelson Rockefeller. While Albany experienced a decline in its population due to urban sprawl, many of its historic neighborhoods were saved from destruction through the policies of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, the longest-serving mayor of any city in the United States. More recently, the city has experienced growth in the high-technology industry, with great strides in the nanotechnology sector.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Albany

   the old Celtic name for the Scottish highlands.

2. Albany

   a town in W. Australia, on King George Sound, 261 m. SE. of Perth, a port of call for Australian liners; also the capital (94) of the State of New York, on the Hudson River, a well-appointed city; seat of justice for the State, with a large trade and numerous manufactures.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. albany

   1. A place beyond which Henry Hudson could not go. 2. The lobby of the White House. 3. Famous in history by the biennial meetings of the Blackmailers' Club. 4. Any place wherein a capitol is burned at a pre-established psychological moment. (There is a famous proverb which says, "Those who are in Albany escaped Sing Sing, and those who are in Sing Sing were on their way to Albany.")

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Albany

   A commodious range of bachelor chambers in Piccadilly, at one time the residence of Frederick, son of George III., created Duke of York and Albany.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALBANY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Albany is ranked #38265 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Albany surname appeared 579 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Albany.
   
   54.2% or 314 total occurrences were White.
   33.6% or 195 total occurrences were Black.
   5.7% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.3% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Georgia
   • New York
   • State Capital
   • Town

How to pronounce albany?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of albany in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of albany in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of albany in a Sentence

1. Ron Kim:

   I had a staff member who was in the Albany train station and she was coughing a little bit and someone approached her asked if she had the virus.

2. Nick LaLota:

   There is one single biggest factor, the common denominator, and that is Lee Zeldin, gubernatorial candidacy, and that he energized a lot of suburban upstate New York voters, the reality is, I think that what we're experiencing in New York state, to take an example, is for the first time in five decades, we're under one party rule in New York City, in Albany and in Washington, D.C..

3. Lindsay Nielsen:

   I think the culture in Albany and in that administration has always been that way, so I know there's a lot of information coming out right now and obviously in the past couple of weeks, but to those of us that were working in Albany and I'm sure those that were in the executive chamber and his staff and his administration, I know to a lot of us that dealt with that side of it, this isn't new stuff, you know what I mean? A lot of people knew him and his staff for this toxic culture in these situations and, I guess we didn't have the same view that the public maybe had with him.

4. Camille Paglia:

   In 1973, as a young teacher in Vermont, I nearly came to blows with a table of early academic feminists in Albany when I casually alluded to a hormonal element in sex differences, hormones, in their view, played no role whatever in human life.

5. Manhattan Preet Bharara:

   That is true in business; that is true, God help us, in Albany; that is true sometimes in police departments.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=albany
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Albany
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=albany
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Albany
6. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=albany
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=albany
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html