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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 jən, ɔl- /

adjective

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


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

    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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of Albanian

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

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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

Wach has lost seven of his past 10 fights and is a significant underdog on paper, but Fury insisted the veteran presents a sterner test than Joshua's opponent, Albanian Prenga.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Boosted by a large number of Albanian diaspora who travelled to the country for the rally, a sea of marchers waved Albanian and American flags as red balloons were released into the air.

From Barron's Jun. 20, 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

A number of Albanians from the diaspora have returned to Tirana to join the demonstrations, including Xheku Shena from Canada.

From Barron's 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

"I feel good, I feel fresh. I just try and get on the ball as much as I can and play the effective passes," Ingle said after Tuesday's comfortable home victory over the Albanians.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

He became frustrated by the policy of peaceful resistance to Belgrade's repression of ethnic Albanians espoused by the late Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova.

From Barron's Feb. 9, 2026

At this summons came the Dimetians, Venedotians, Deirans, Albanians, and all others of the British race.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

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