Alba Longa

English

Etymology

From Latin Alba Longa (literally “long white [city]”).

Proper noun

Alba Longa

1. (historical) An ancient city in Latium, in central Italy, destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC.

Translations

an ancient city of Latium

• Portuguese: Alba Longa f

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba ˈlon.ɡa/, [ˈäɫ̪bä ˈɫ̪ɔŋɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba ˈlon.ɡa/, [ˈälbä ˈlɔŋɡä]

Proper noun

Alba Longa f sg (genitive Albae Longae); first declension

1. Alba Longa (an ancient city in Latium, in central Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alba Longa
Genitive	Albae Longae
Dative	Albae Longae
Accusative	Albam Longam
Ablative	Albā Longā
Vocative	Alba Longa
Locative	Albae Longae

References

• “Alba Longa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Proper noun

Alba Longa f

1. (historical) Alba Longa (an ancient city in Latium, in central Italy)