Albanian

Definition of the noun albanian

What does albanian mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: Albanians

1. a native or inhabitant of Albania
   • lexical domain: People - nouns denoting people
   • more generic word: European = a native or inhabitant of Europe
   • member of: Albania / Republic of Albania = a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula
2. the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania
   • lexical domain: Communicative Processes - nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
   • more generic terms: Indo-European / Indo-European language / Indo-Hittite = the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
   • more specific terms:
     • Gheg dialect / Gheg = the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia
     • Tosk dialect / Tosk = the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy

Alternative definition of the noun albanian

noun

1. A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
2. An inhabitant of Caucasian Albania. Udi people are descended from them.
3. [context: central New York] Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

Definition of the adjective albanian

What does albanian mean as an attribute of a noun?

adjective

1. of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture
   • lexical domain: Relational Adjectives (pertainyms)

Alternative definition of the adjective albanian

adjective

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to Caucasian Albania, to its people or language.
3. [context: central New York] of or from the city of Albany, New York State

Places

1. Albanian a.k.a. Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on the Ionian Sea to the southwest. It is less than 72 km from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea.
   • also known as Republic of Albania
   • founded on 28 November 1912 (102 years ago)
   • part of Europe, Balkans, Eurasia, Balkan Peninsula
   • instance of: Balkan country / Balkan nation / Balkan state = any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
   • parts:
     • Albanian capital / Tirana = the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country
     • Durazzo / Durres = port city in western Albania on the Adriatic
     • Epirus = an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC
   • member: Albanian = a native or inhabitant of Albania
   • read more about Albania (country)
2. Albanian a.k.a. The Kingdom of Albania was established by Charles of Anjou in the Albanian territory he conquered from the Despotate of Epirus in 1271. He took the title of "King of Albania" in February 1272. The kingdom extended from the region of Durrës south along the coast to Butrint. A major attempt to advance further in direction of Constantinople, failed at the Siege of Berat. A Byzantine counteroffensive soon ensued, which drove the Angevins out of the interior by 1281. The Sicilian Vespers further weakened the position of Charles, and the Kingdom was soon reduced by the Epirotes to a small area around Durrës. The Angevins held out here, however, until 1368, when the city was captured by Karl Thopia. In 1392 Karl Thopia's son surrendered the city and his domains to the Republic of Venice.
   • founded in 1271 (744 years ago)
   • part of Southern Europe
   • read more about Kingdom of Albania (country)

There are other places with in their name, like Albanian Riviera.

Business

Albanian a.k.a. Albanian Airlines MAK Sh. p.k. was an airline based in Tirana, Albania. It operated scheduled international services. Its main hub was Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza. On 11 November 2011 Albania’s Civil Aviation Authority revoked the license of Albanian Airlines.

• also known as 阿爾巴尼亞航空
• official website: www.albanianair.com

Miscellanea

1. Albanian a.k.a. Albanians are defined as an ethnic group native to Albania and neighboring countries. The term is also used sometimes to refer to the citizens of the Republic of Albania regardless of ethnicity. Ethnic Albanians speak the Albanian language and more than half of ethnic Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo. The Albanian diaspora also exists in a number of other countries.
   • read more about Albanians
2. Albanian a.k.a. Albanian language: Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, and Greece, but also in other areas of Southeastern Europe in which there is an Albanian population, including Montenegro and the Preševo Valley of Serbia. Centuries-old communities speaking Albanian-based dialects can be found scattered in Greece, southern Italy, Sicily, and Ukraine. As a result of a modern diaspora, there are also Albanian speakers elsewhere in those countries as well as in other parts of the world, including Austria, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Turkey.
   • also known as अल्बेनियन भाषा, 阿尔巴尼亚语
3. Albanian is a language.
4. Albanian a.k.a. Caucasian Albanian is an human language.
   • read more about Caucasian Albanian

Phrases with Albanian

Phrases starting with the word Albanian:

1. Albanian Spurge
2. albanian capital
3. albanian monetary unit
4. Albanian Sign Language

Phrases ending with the word Albanian:

1. Arbëreshë Albanian
2. Arvanitika Albanian

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Albanian

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Historical Dictionary of Albania (2010)

by Robert Elsie

Albanian. Political. Parties. and. Organizations. Akademia e Shkencave e Republikës së Shqipërisë: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Albania Aleanca për Shtetin: Alliance for the State Bashkimi për Demokraci: Union for Democracy ...

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F (2008)

by Donald Haase

Albanian and Turkish tales have many parallels. Pashas and dervishes abound in an otherwise European context. Figures of Oriental legendry, such as Nasreddin Hodja and Sari Salltek, from Turkish San Saltuk, are well known in Albania, ...

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World (2010)

Linguistic Type Albanian constitutes a single branch of the IndoEuropean family of languages. It is often held to be related to Illyrian, a poorly attested language spoken in the western Balkans in classical times, but this has not yet been proved ...

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Quotes about Albanian

A day without work can yield a night without sleep.
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Scrabble value of A₁L₁B₃A₁N₁I₁A₁N₁

The value of this 8-letter word is 10 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

Anagrams of ALBANIAN

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• NALBANIA

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