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Alba
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I am Scottish and alba is an old name for Scotland
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That's always puzzled me, though. I could see it for England - white cliffs of Dover, etc - but actually not Scotland, where even the Picts were dark-haired and presumably also had dark eyes and skin. Heavy snow on the Cairngorms, perhaps? Are there any explanations that you know of?
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