proper nounAlbĭonALBION☆ KeepMeaningan ancient name for BritainLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879ALBIONLEWIS & SHORTALBIONAlbĭon, ōnis, f. v. albus, I. an ancient name for Britain, in Ptol. Ἀλουίων, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102.Albĭon, ōnis, m., I. a son of Neptune, Mel. 2, 6, 4.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyAlbionAlbion. or ALE'BION (Ἀλβίων or Ἀλεβίων), a son of Poseidon and brother of Dercynus or Bergion, together with whom he attacked Heracles, when he passed…