[A`lava] (97), the southernmost of the three Basque provinces of Spain, largest, but least populous; rich in minerals, and fertile in soil.
[Alava, Ricardo de], a Spanish general, born in Vittoria, joined the national party, and was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, and became eventually ambassador to London and Paris (1771-1843).
[Alba Longa], a city of Latium older than Rome.
[Albacete] (229), a province in Spain, with a capital (30) of same name, 173 m. SE. of Madrid.
[Alban Lake], near Alban Mount, 6 m. in circuit, occupying the basin of an extinct volcano, its surface 961 ft. above the sea-level.
[Alban Mount], a small mountain overlooking Alba Longa.
[Alban, St.], the first martyr in Britain to the Christian faith in 303; represented in art as carrying his head between his hands, having been beheaded.
[Alba`ni], an Italian painter, a disciple of Caracci, born at Bologna; surnamed the Anacreon of painting; his pictures more distinguished for grace than vigour.
[Alba`ni], an illustrious Roman family, members of which attained the highest dignities in the Church, one, Clement XI., having been Pope.
[Albani, Mme.], née Emma la Jeunesse, a well-known and highly popular operatic singer of French-Canadian descent; b. 1847.