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  • Albanian
    Albanian
    adjective
    pertaining to Albania, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • albanian
    albanian
    noun
    the official language of Albania: of uncertain relationship within the Indo-European family, but thought to be related to ancient Illyrian

Albanian

American  
[al-bey-nee-uhn, -beyn-yuhn, awl-] / ælˈbeɪ ni ən, -ˈbeɪn jən, ɔl- /

adjective

  1. pertaining to Albania, its inhabitants, or their language.


noun

Albanians plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Albania or Albany, N.Y.

  2. the Indo-European language spoken in Albania and adjacent areas.

albanian British  
/ ælˈbeɪnɪən /

noun

  1. the official language of Albania: of uncertain relationship within the Indo-European family, but thought to be related to ancient Illyrian

    1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Albania

    2. a native speaker of Albanian

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Albania, its people, or their language

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of Albanian

First recorded in 1590–1600; Albani(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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The protesters accuse him and his government of a lack of transparency concerning the developments planned on the Albanian coast.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

Boosted by a large number of Albanian diaspora who travelled to the country for the rally, a sea of marchers waved Albanian and American flags as red balloons were released into the air.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

Hall had an eight-year-old daughter with Albanian model and Real Housewives of Cheshire star, Missé Beqiri, 39.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

His daughter Ivanka recently made her own “eat cake” headlines over an alleged $1.5-billion project that would convert an uninhabited Albanian island into a luxury resort.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

The Bushi family came from Kacanik, an Albanian town of twenty-eight thousand in the mountains of southern Kosovo, not far from the border with Macedonia.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

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