albany

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscapital of New York

   Broaderstate capital

   Part ofNew York
2. 2.

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

   Broadertown

   Part ofGeorgia

Other forms of albany

plural

albanies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about albany

What does albany mean?

albany means "state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in albany?

albany has 3 syllables: al-ba-ny. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈɔlbəni/.

What is another word for albany?

Close synonyms include capital of New York. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is albany a common word?

albany is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.