Albanian
adjective
pertaining to Albania, its inhabitants, or their language.
albanian
British
/ ælˈbeɪnɪən /
noun
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the official language of Albania: of uncertain relationship within the Indo-European family, but thought to be related to ancient Illyrian
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a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Albania
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a native speaker of Albanian
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adjective
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Origin of Albanian
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A spokesman for the development group said the Albanian legal system is “the appropriate venue for resolving questions about land ownership and the integrity of prior transactions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Abehsera said he struck a deal with local partners, an Albanian conglomerate called Kastrati, whose name adorns gas stations around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Facing little-known Albanian Kristian Prenga, Joshua was expected to ease through his comeback.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Wach has lost seven of his past 10 fights and is a significant underdog on paper, but Fury insisted the veteran presents a sterner test than Joshua's opponent, Albanian Prenga.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Qendrim’s first friends were other Albanian and Bosnian Muslim kids he met in his apartment complex.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
The Albanians are so mad, they’ve been protesting in the streets for nearly two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Plori called it "absurd" to ban one of the platforms most used by young Albanians "without taking into account how the internet actually works today".
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Instead he gathered other like-minded ethnic Albanians into an underground guerrilla army, the KLA, to take on the forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
They lived in Ottoman Salonica, a melting-pot of Greeks, Turks, Jews, Albanians and cosmopolitan traders from all over Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Strengthened by a considerable number of Christian Albanians, they rendered good service in defending Greece, and to some extent repressed the ravages of the Klephts; but their power and independence were disliked by the Turks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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