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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 yən, ɔl- /

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.

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

Etymology

Origin of Albanian

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

Example Sentences

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Protesters gathered on a sandy beach facing azure waters, some waving red Albanian flags, others carrying inflatable flamingos -- the movement’s symbol -- while chanting "cancel the project!"

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Several hundred people gathered Saturday in a protected nature reserve on the Albanian coast to protest at plans for a luxury beach resort by a company linked to the Trump family.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

In his first fight since the accident, in which Joshua sustained minor injuries, he will face the relatively unknown Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on 25 July.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

One posted on LinkedIn about being sponsored for the event by Fatmir Mediu, an Albanian government official and longtime Fellowship insider.

From Salon • May 29, 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

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