Other "alb" words: albino, and an Italian lighting company called alb, and the priest's white garment. Surprisingly, also "elf" and "oaf."

Etymology below stolen from dictionary.com:

1. a.elf, from Old English ælf, elf;
b.oaf, from Old Norse alfr, elf;
c.Oberon, from Old French Auberon, from a source akin to Old High German Alberich. a, b, and c all possibly from Germanic *albiz, *albaz, if meaning “white ghostly apparitions.”
2.elfin, from Old English -elfen, elf, possibly from Germanic *albinj.
3.abele, alb, albedo, albescent, albino, albite, album, albumen, aubade, auburn; daub, from Latin albus, white.

Alas, my searched has yielded more questions than answers:
Such as, where does this leave Albany and Albania? And why is "auburn" derived from a word meaning white?