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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Abehsera said he struck a deal with local partners, an Albanian conglomerate called Kastrati, whose name adorns gas stations around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Albanian corporate records show the entity is owned by Sazan Real Estate Development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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
The 36th victory of his career moves Fury closer to a meeting with fellow Briton Joshua, who has his own comeback fight against Albanian Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 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 Albanians are so mad, they’ve been protesting in the streets for nearly two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
"I'm grateful to the government for enabling 88 percent of Albanians to learn what a VPN is and how it works. Every cloud has a silver lining," she added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Instead he gathered other like-minded ethnic Albanians into an underground guerrilla army, the KLA, to take on the forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
In “Free” and elsewhere—her public lectures, for instance—she’s made plain her distaste for capitalism, a system that a majority of Albanians today associate with liberty but also with life-giving light after long years of darkness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Accordingly, when the Albanians, in 1886, prepared to celebrate the bi-centennial of their charter, a deputation of these Mohawks was formally invited from Caughnawaga by the Mayor of Albany.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth
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