Albania

[ al-bey-nee-uh, -beyn-yuh ]

/ ælˈbeɪ ni ə, -ˈbeɪn yə /

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noun

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

Obsolete. Scotland.

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Words nearby Albania

Alba Iulia, Alba Longa, Albamycin, Alban, Albanese, Albania, Albanian, Albano, Albany, Albany Congress, albarello

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How to use Albania in a sentence

In the second half of 2019, I raised and flagged about three dozen more networks of inauthentic political activities from Afghanistan to Albania, from Brazil, to Bolivia, from India to Indonesia.
I Was There When: Facebook put profits over safety|Anthony Green|November 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review
I should not have been in a position in which I needed to choose was Albania or Azerbaijan more important.
I Was There When: Facebook put profits over safety|Anthony Green|November 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Albania had general elections earlier this year, and it was still going on at the time.
I Was There When: Facebook put profits over safety|Anthony Green|November 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review
I don’t think anyone should be in the position of deciding if Albania is more important than Azerbaijan or questions like that.
I Was There When: Facebook put profits over safety|Anthony Green|November 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Driving crime waves from Ecuador to Italy of all places, the Albanians distinguish themselves for being wildly ruthless and violent and often still finding safe haven in Albania if necessary.
One Big Happy, Global, Murderous Crime Mob|Sean Culligan|March 26, 2021|Ozy
But after a while, the edit wars ended, and the article no longer had Einstein going to Albania.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Secret Rescue By Cate Lineberry The story of non-combat heroes and their escape from Nazi-occupied Albania.
This Week’s Hot Reads: May 6, 2013|Nicholas Mancusi|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In Albania, there are two cities where I have written the majority of my work: Gjirokastër, my home city, and Tirana.
Ismail Kadare: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The recent situation in my country [Albania], its problems, its grotesque aspects, its misunderstandings.
Ismail Kadare: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But, to much ridicule, the Army then took weeks to prepare the field in Albania from which the Apaches were to operate.
The Taliban’s Bait Game|John Barry|August 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
On her western frontier she was occupied in putting down an insurrection which had broken out in Albania.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The little country of Albania is so called from Alba, or "white," because of its snowy mountains.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
His predilection for the inhabitants of Epirus, of Albania, and for the Suliotes, is known.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
He thought of erecting first a principality in Albania and the Morea, and then a kingdom in Tunis.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
And after is Albania, a full great realm; so called because the people are whiter there than in other countries thereabout.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.

British Dictionary definitions for Albania

Albania

/ (ælˈbeɪnɪə) /

noun

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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Cultural definitions for Albania

Albania

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.

notes for Albania

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.