archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
"The ancient bard sang of heroes who once walked upon Albion under a golden sun."
England (or sometimes the British Isles).
"The ancient poet imagined Albion as a land of misty mountains and rolling green hills."
The name Albion comes from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "white," which likely referred to the white cliffs of Britain or its upper-world significance in Celtic mythology before traveling through Latin and Middle English into modern usage. This ancient designation for Great Britain shares its origin with words like the Latin albus ("white") but evolved specifically as an old name for the island itself.