ALBANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Albany mean? 

• ALBANY (noun)
  The noun ALBANY has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: ALBANY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALBANY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Albany; capital of New York

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Albany" is a part of...):

Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Albany" is a part of...):

Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

 Context examples 

My rooms are just over the road, in the Albany.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A zebrafish line derived from the mating of two lines, A and B, obtained in Albany, Oregon.

(AB Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)

Freeze-dried strawberry powder is so effective a stabilizer that frozen dairy desserts with it included will maintain their shape even after reaching room temperature, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research food technologist Cristina Bilbao-Sainz with the Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit in Albany, California.

(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)

Children’s average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 years, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the University at Albany and the New York University Langone Medical Center.

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into a crop plant, developing a reliable method that will make it easier to breed a variety of crops with vastly improved traits.

(Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

May I live to see that flattened vicious skull in its own niche amid the trophies of the Albany.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Was this the luxurious Lord John Roxton who had sat that evening in the Albany amidst his Persian rugs and his pictures in the pink radiance of the tinted lights?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What would he not give for one such head to place between the two crossed oars above the mantelpiece in his snuggery at the Albany!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Finally, it was not until after midnight that the four travelers were released at the entrance to Lord John Roxton's chambers in the Albany, and that the exuberant crowd, having sung 'They are Jolly Good Fellows' in chorus, concluded their program with 'God Save the King.'

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Right off he did some work for a client of mine up to Albany.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)