Albanian

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
• Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
• of or from the city of Albany, New York State

Noun

• A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
• Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
• Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

Proper Noun

• The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo.
  (ISO 639 language codes: sq/sqi/alb (Albanian), als (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh).)

Related

Similar words

• Albanese

Origin

• From Middle French Albanien, from Old French Albanie ("Albania"), from Medieval Latin Albania, from Vulgar Latin Albanus ("Albanian"), from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί ("a southern Illyrian tribe"). Compare old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër.
• From Caucasian Albania + -ian
• Albany + -ian