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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-bay-nee-uhn, -bayn-yuhn, awl-] / ælˈbeɪ ni ən, -ˈbeɪn jən, ɔl- /

adjective

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

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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

2. 1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Albania

   2. a native speaker of Albanian

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adjective

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Albanians
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Albanian

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

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Example Sentences

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Albanian Albanians

His patient, a young Albanian man, died after a bone marrow transplant in East London.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In this video, The Wall Street Journal analyzes Albanian court documents, travels to the development areas and speaks to the villagers at the heart of disputes over land ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Joshua, 36, endured a far more dramatic night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, recovering from two first-round knockdowns - the first after just 20 seconds - to stop little-known Albanian Kristian Prenga in the second round.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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 country's third largest city has also become a symbol of the corruption that has dogged Albania's painful transition to capitalism, with Albanians paying with their health for recurring scandals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

This helps explain how everything added up into a feeling I found to be universal among Albanians: Enough is enough.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

So should Albanians also be concerned about the integrity of the prime minister?

From BBC ● 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

With a few exceptions, the Albanians in Greece retained their Christian faith after the Turkish conquest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

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