Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name . - adjective historical Pertaining to the ancient
Latin city of Alba Longa. - adjective historical Pertaining to
Alba , or the area now covered byScotland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The walk up to Monte Alban is steep and long and as spectacular as promised.
A glass garden Beth 2007
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The walk up to Monte Alban is steep and long and as spectacular as promised.
A glass garden Beth 2007
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Just a few kilometers west of the modern city, Monte Alban is now a ghost city, inhabited only by archaeologists and visited more by international tourists than descendants of the people who originally lived there.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part One: The Americas' oldest urban centre. 2005
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The invisible mystery of Monte Alban is how the most enduring of all the Classic civilizations of Mexico (lasting from about 500 B.C. to 800 AD) could rapidly collapse in a heap.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. 2005
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Just a few kilometers west of the modern city, Monte Alban is now a ghost city, inhabited only by archaeologists and visited more by international tourists than descendants of the people who originally lived there.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part One: The Americas' oldest urban centre. 2005
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The invisible mystery of Monte Alban is how the most enduring of all the Classic civilizations of Mexico (lasting from about 500 B.C. to 800 AD) could rapidly collapse in a heap.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. 2005
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The invisible mystery of Monte Alban is how the most enduring of all the Classic civilizations of Mexico (lasting from about 500 B.C. to 800 AD) could rapidly collapse in a heap.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. 2005
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Oaxaca has tended to develop its sites away from the urban centers, although Monte Alban is now surrounded by new urban sprawl.
Glad to be here 2000
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Oaxaca has tended to develop its sites away from the urban centers, although Monte Alban is now surrounded by new urban sprawl.
Glad to be here 2000
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(See the life of this great friend of St. Teresa in Alban Butler, November 24th.)
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