"Allium cepa aggregatum" yana nufin sunan shuka ga shuka albasa. Musamman, nau'in albasa ne, wanda aka fi sani da shallot. "Allium" wani nau'in tsiro ne a cikin dangin Amaryllidaceae wanda ya hada da albasa, tafarnuwa, chives, da sauran tsire-tsire masu kama. "Cepa" ita ce kalmar Latin don albasa, kuma "aggregatum" yana nufin yadda shuka ke tsiro a cikin gungu ko aggregates. Tare, "Allium cepa aggregatum" yana nuna takamaiman nau'in tsire-tsire na albasa da ke tsiro a cikin dunƙule kuma aka fi sani da shallot.