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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.

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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

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

Etymology

Origin of Albanian

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

Example Sentences

But Joshua, 36, must first get past little-known Albanian Kristian Prenga on 25 July in Saudi Arabia.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Commenting on the court decision, Prime Minister Edi Rama wrote on X that the court "thinks that 90 percent of Albanian parents and teachers were wrong when they called for TikTok to be shut down".

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Albanian nationals have been consistently the most common nationality of enforced returns over the last five years, according to the Home Office.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Well-known Albanian actor Anila Bisha, whose face and voice were used to create Diella's avatar, said she had not approved her identity for use in that way.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The Bushi family came from Kacanik, an Albanian town of twenty-eight thousand in the mountains of southern Kosovo, not far from the border with Macedonia.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John