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Arbëreshë
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English
right|thumb|Arbëreshë women performing in costume, San Basile, Calabria
Proper noun
A minority ethnolinguistic group of Albanian descent living in Italy.
Derived terms
en Arbëreshë Albanian
Albanian
Alternative forms
sq arbënesh Gheg
Etymology
See sq arbër, sq arbën.
Pronunciation
sq /aɾ.bəˈɾɛ.ʃə/ [äɹ.bɜˈɽɛʃ]
Noun
The Arbëreshë; an Albanian ethnolinguistic group in Southern Italy who are the descendants of Tosk refugees that fled from Albania due to Ottoman invasion of the Balkans; they mostly inhabit villages in the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Sicily.
The Arvanites; a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of Albanian, and who settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages.
Related terms
sq arbër aln:arbën<ll:Gheg> aat:αρbε̰ρ<tr:arbër><ll:Arvanitic> Arbëria aln:Arbënia<ll:Gheg> arbërisht aln:arbënisht<ll:Gheg> aat:αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ<tr:arbërisht><ll:Arvanitic>
Descendants
en Arbëresh 1