Albanian

[al-bey-nee-uhn, -beyn-yuhn, awl-]

adjective

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

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Albanian¹

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

Example Sentences

Albania's prime minister accused Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of "ethnic stereotyping" after she singled out Albanian families in a speech about abuses of the asylum system.

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At the moment there are about 700 Albanian families in the UK with no right to be here but the Home Office has chosen not to prioritise sending them home.

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But Elisia, who is Albanian, grew up in Greece, and now lives in the Netherlands, says she would definitely pay that amount.

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Diella, whose name means sun in Albanian, is unlikely to be the source of any unflattering leaks about the government.

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Serbia responded with a brutal crackdown against ethnic Albanians that ended in 1999 after a Nato bombing campaign against Serbia.

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