Albania

American  

[al-bey-nee-uh, -beyn-yuh] / ælˈbeɪ ni ə, -ˈbeɪn yə /

noun

1. a republic in S Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, W of Macedonia and NW of Greece. 10,632 sq. mi. (27,535 sq. km). Tirana.

2. Obsolete. Scotland.

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Albania British  

/ ælˈbeɪnɪə /

noun

1. a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula: became independent in 1912 after more than four centuries of Turkish rule; established as a republic (1946) under Communist rule; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991. It is generally mountainous, rising over 2700 m (9000 ft), with extensive forests. Language: Albanian. Religion: Muslim majority. Currency: lek. Capital: Tirana. Pop: 3 011 405 (2013 est). Area: 28 749 sq km (11 100 sq miles)

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Albania Cultural  

1. Republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Yugoslavia to the northwest, north, and northeast, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the southeast and south. Tirana is its capital and largest city.

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The most secretive and closed of the former Eastern Bloc nations, Albania held free elections in March 1991, ending almost fifty years of communist rule and inaugurating a multiparty system. Protests over the collapse of a government-sponsored fraudulent investment scheme led to near anarchy in 1997. United Nations peacekeepers restored order.

Example Sentences

In Albania, protester demands vary from halting the project, to reversing a law allowing development in protected areas, to ending corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In Albania, he was intrigued by growing tourism in a Mediterranean country that lacked the same high-end hotel infrastructure of its coastal neighbors of Greece and Montenegro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"Albania should refrain from any action that could jeopardise the fulfilment of the closing benchmarks, and we expect the Albanian authorities to act without delay."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In November, Tuchel said he would "review" Bellingham's behaviour following his reaction to being substituted during a qualifier against Albania.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Here was the Congo, here was Japan, here was Albania, here was Cairo—snippets of the world replicated and sterilized, confined behind walls and fences like animal exhibits.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros