Wikipedia / ALB
Wikipedia / ALB
An Alb is a liturgical vestment.
ALB, Alb or alb may also refer to:
Organizations
, a Latvian cycling team
Arm's-length body, a type of quango (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization), or public body in the UK
People
ALB (musician), a French musician Clément Daquin
Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769–1831), German botanist and mycologist (taxonomic author abbreviation "Alb.")
Places
In Germany
Alb (Upper Rhine), a tributary of the Upper Rhine in northern Black Forest near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Alb (High Rhine), a tributary of the High Rhine in southern Black Forest at the headwaters of Albbruck Menze Schwander, Germany
Franconian Jura (Fränkische Alb), an upland in Bavaria, Germany
Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb), a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Elsewhere
Crișul Alb (river), in western Romania
Albania (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 and UNDP country code "ALB")
Albanian language (ISO 639-2 language code "alb")
Albany International Airport, by IATA code
Albany-Rensselaer (Amtrak station), a train station in Albany, New York
Albrighton railway station (National Rail code) in Shropshire, England
Science and technology
The ALB gene, which encodes serum albumin in humans
Honda anti-lock braking system
The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Human serum albumin, encoded by the ALB gene
Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769–1831), German botanist and mycologist (taxonomic author abbreviation "Alb.")
Other uses
Albanian language (ISO 639-2 language code "alb")
All-weather lifeboat (as opposed to inshore lifeboat, or ILB), such as the:
Mersey class lifeboat, all-weather lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Severn class lifeboat, the largest all-weather lifeboat in use by the RNLI
Tamar class lifeboat, the latest replacement of the previous Tyne class lifeboats
Arm's-length body, a type of quango (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization), or public body in the UK
Alm (pasture), Alpine transhumance, or "alb" in Allemannic German