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 (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)