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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Etymology
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
Shehu, 60, today lives in Miami, where property records show he owns a column-lined 4,000 square foot home on Miami Beach’s Flamingo Drive with his wife, a former Albanian television celebrity.
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
Albanian Prenga enters the fight with an impressive record of his own, having achieved all of his 20 victories with stoppages while suffering only one defeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
And wouldn’t those secluded Albanian woods have seemed an excellent refuge when, so much later, Voldemort had needed a place to lie low, undisturbed, for ten long years?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
A number of Albanians from the diaspora have returned to Tirana to join the demonstrations, including Xheku Shena from Canada.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
The Albanians are so mad, they’ve been protesting in the streets for nearly two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Politically independent, he is a descendant of the Crimean Tatars who once dominated the neighborhood alongside Albanians and Bosnians and others from “the outskirts of the Ottoman Empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
"I feel good, I feel fresh. I just try and get on the ball as much as I can and play the effective passes," Ingle said after Tuesday's comfortable home victory over the Albanians.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Albanians also go out as vegetable-gardeners and fruit-sellers, and deal in the remarkably beautiful apple which grows so splendidly in their native country.
From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Julius R. Van Millingen
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