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Albania
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albania Albánia Albanía Albània Albanìa Albânia
English
thumb|Flag of Albania
thumb|Map of Europe showing Albania in green
Pronunciation
en /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ə/ UK
en /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/ /ælˈbeɪn.jə/ /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/ /ɔlˈbeɪn.jə/ US
en /ɑlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/ /ɑlˈbeɪn.jə/ cot-caught
en /alˈban̪.ja/ Philippines
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Albania.wav UK
en en-us-Albania.ogg GA
en eɪniə 4
en Al ba ni a Al ban ia
Etymology 1
en :bor la-med:Albānia<id:European country>
en la-med Albānia, from en gkm Ἄλβανον + en la-med -ia.Albanian n.2 & adj.3 8742780191 https://www.oed.com/dictionary/albanian_n2?tab=etymology#7750465 June 2024 1
Proper noun
en Q222en country r/Southeastern Europe Tirana Republic of Albania. from ca. 1503
en 27 April 2006 Sylvia Moosmüller; Theodor Granser 18 2 The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels Language Variation and Change Cambridge University Press 10.10170S0954394506060066 However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style
Derived terms
en Caucasian Albania People's Republic of Albania Republic of Albania Albanian Albanisation Venetian Albania
Descendants
haw ʻAlepania 1
mul AL ALB 1 1
yo Alibéníà 1
Translations
Q222 country in south-eastern Europe Abkhaz: ab Арнауыҭтәыла
Acehnese: ace Albania
Afrikaans: af Albanië
Akan: ak Albania
Albanian:
Gheg Albanian: aln Shqipni f indefinite, aln Shqipnia f definite, aln Shqypni f indefinite, aln Shqypnia f definite; archaic aln Arbëni f indefinite, aln Arbënia f definite
Tosk Albanian: als Shqipëri f indefinite, als Shqipëria f definite; archaic als Arbëri f indefinite, als Arbëria f definite
Amharic: am አልባኒያ
Arabic: ar أَلْبَانِيَا f
Egyptian Arabic: arz البانيا
Hijazi Arabic: acw ألْبانيا f ʔalbānya
Aragonese: an Albania
Aramaic: arc ܐܠܒܢܝܐ
Armenian: hy Ալբանիա
Aromanian: rup Arbinishii f, rup Alvanii f, rup Shchipirii f, rup Shchiperii f indefinite, rup Arbinishia f, rup Alvania f, rup Shchipiria f, rup Shchiperia f definite
Assamese: as আলবেনিয়া
Asturian: ast Albania f
Avar: av Албания
Azerbaijani: az Albaniya
Bashkir: ba Албания
Basque: eu Albania
Belarusian: be Алба́нія f, be Альба́нія f Taraškievica
Bengali: bn আলবেনিয়া
Bihari: bh अल्बानिया
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Albanya
Breton: br Albania
Bulgarian: bg Алба́ния f
Burmese: my အယ်လ်ဘေးနီးယား
Buryat: bua Албани
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Алба́нія f, rue Алба́ньско n
Catalan: ca Albània f
Cebuano: ceb Albanya
Chechen: ce Албани
Cherokee: chr ᎠᎸᏇᏂᏯ, chr ᎠᎵᏇᏂᏯ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阿爾巴尼亞
Hokkien: nan-hbl 阿爾巴尼亞 A-ní-pa-nî-a / A-jíⁿ-pa-nî-a
Mandarin: cmn 阿爾巴尼亞 Ā'ěrbāníyà
Chuvash: cv Албани
Circassian:
East Circassian: kbd Албаниэ
West Circassian: ady Албание
Cornish: kw Albani
Crimean Tatar: crh Arnavutlıq
Czech: cs Albánie f
Danish: da Albanien
Dhivehi: dv އަލްބޭނިއާ
Doteli: dty अल्बानिया
Dutch: nl Albanië n
Dzongkha: dz ཨཱལ་བེ་ནི་ཡ
Emilian: egl Albanî
Erzya: myv Албания
Esperanto: eo Albanio, eo Albanujo
Estonian: et Albaania
Extremaduran: ext Albánia
Farefare: gur Albaŋɔ
Faroese: fo Albania n
Finnish: fi Albania
Franco-Provençal: frp Albanie
French: fr Albanie f
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr Albaanien
Saterland Frisian: stq Albanien
West Frisian: fy Albaanje
Friulian: fur Albanie
Fula: ff Albaniya
Gagauz: gag Albaniya
Galician: gl Albania f
Georgian: ka ალბანეთი
German: de Albanien n
Alemannic German: gsw Albanien
Bavarian: bar Oibanien
Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Albanien
Greek: el Αλβανία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἄρβανον
Pontic Greek: pnt Αλβανία
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug Avaña
Gujarati: gu અલ્બેનિયા m
Haitian Creole: ht Albani
Hausa: ha Albaniya
Hawaiian: haw ʻAlepania
Hebrew: he אַלְבַּנְיָה f albánya
Hindi: hi अल्बानिया m
Hungarian: hu Albánia
Icelandic: is Albanía f
Ido: io Albania
Igbo: ig
Indonesian: id Albania
Interlingua: ia Albania
Irish: ga an Albáin f
Italian: it Albania f
Jamaican Creole: jam Albienia
Japanese: ja アルバニア Arubania
Kabyle: kab Albanya
Kalmyk: xal Арнгудин Орн
Kannada: kn ಅಲ್ಬೇನಿಯ
Karachay-Balkar: krc Албания
Karakalpak: kaa Albaniya
Kashubian: csb Albańskô
Kazakh: kk Албания
Khmer: km អាល់បានី
Kikuyu: ki Arũmbĩnia
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: koi Албания, koi Штиприя
Komi-Zyrian: kpv Албания
Konkani: kok अल्बानिया
Korean: ko 알바니아
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئالبانیا
Northern Kurdish: kmr Albanya
Kyrgyz: ky Албания
Ladin: lld
Ladino: lad
Lao: lo ອານບານີ
Latgalian: ltg Albaneja
Latin: la Albania f
Latvian: lv Albānija f
Limburgish: li Albanië
Lithuanian: lt Albanija f
Livvi: olo Albuanii
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Albanië
German Low German: nds-de Albanien
Luri:
Northern Luri: lrc آلبانی
Luxembourgish: lb Albanien n
Macedonian: mk Албанија f
Maithili: mai अल्बानिया
Malagasy: mg Albania
Malay: ms Albania
Malayalam: ml അൽബേനിയ
Maltese: mt Albanija f
Manipuri:
Bishnupriya Manipuri: bpy আলবেনিয়া
Manx: gv Yn Albaan
Māori: mi Arapeinia
Marathi: mr अल्बेनिया
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr Албаний
Western Mari: mrj Албани
Mazanderani: mzn آلبانی
Mingrelian: xmf ალბანეთი
Mirandese: mwl Albánia
Moksha: mdf Албания
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Албани
Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠯᠪᠠᠨ᠋ᠢ
Nauruan: na Albania, na Arbainiya
Navajo: nv Dziłigaii bikéyah
Nepali: ne अल्बानिया
Newar: new अल्बानिया
Norman: nrf Albannie f Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Albania n
Nynorsk: nn Albania n
Occitan: oc Albània f
Odia: or ଆଲବାନିଆ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Алванїꙗ f modern
Oromo: om Albeeniyaa
Ossetian: os Албани
Pali: pi अल्बानिया
Parya: paq Shqip
Pashto: ps البانيا f albānyā
Pennsylvania German: pdc Albaani
Persian:
Dari: prs آلْبَانِیَا, prs اَلْبَانِیَا
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آلْبانی
Picard: pcd Albanie
Piedmontese: pms Albanìa
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Elbanya
Polish: pl Albania f
Portuguese: pt Albânia f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਅਲਬਾਨੀਆ m
Western Punjabi: pnb البانیا
Quechua: qu Albanya
Romagnol: rgn Albanî
Romani:
Vlax Romani: rmy Shkiperiya
Romanian: ro Albania f
Russian: ru Алба́ния f
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Alubaniya
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Albánia
Samogitian: sgs Albanėjė f
Sango: sg Albanïi
Sanskrit: sa अल्बेनिया
Scots: sco Albanie
Scottish Gaelic: gd Albàinia
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀лба̄нија f
Latin: sh Àlbānija f
Sicilian: scn Albanìa f, scn Arbanìa f
Silesian: szl Albańijo f
Sinhalese: si ඇල්බේනියාව
Slovak: sk Albánsko n
Slovene: sl Albánija f
Somali: so
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Albańska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Albanska
Spanish: es Albania f
Sranan Tongo: srn Albanikondre
Swahili: sw
Swazi: ss I-Alibheniya
Swedish: sv Albanien n
Tagalog: tl Albanya
Tahitian: ty Arapania
Tajik: tg Албания
Tamil: ta அல்பேனியா
Tarantino: roa-tar Albanie
Tatar: tt Албания
Telugu: te అల్బేనియా
Tetum: tet Albánia
Thai: th แอลเบเนีย
Tibetan: bo ཨལ་པ་ཉི་ཡ།
Tigrinya: ti አልባኒያ
Tok Pisin: tpi Albenia
Turkish: tr Arnavutluk
Turkmen: tk Albaniýa
Ubykh: uby Арнауҭшәабла
Udmurt: udm Албания
Ukrainian: uk Алба́нія f
Urdu: ur اَلْبانِیا m
Uyghur: ug ئالبانىيە
Uzbek: uz Albaniya
Veps: vep Albanii
Vietnamese: vi An-ba-ni
Volapük: vo Lalbanän
Võro: vro Albaania
Votic: vot
Waray-Waray: war Albanya
Welsh: cy Albania f
West Flemish: vls Albanië
Wolaytta: wal Albbaaniya
Wolof: wo Albaani
Xhosa: xh
Yakut: sah Албания
Yiddish: yi אַלבאַניע
Yoruba: yo Alibéníà
Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Arnawutiye, zza Arnawudiye
Zealandic: zea Albanië
Zulu: zu I-Albaniya
See also
Etymology 2
Caucasian +
From en grc Ἀλβανία.
Proper noun
en Q177076en historical Caucasian Albania.
Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations 291 Albania (now Zuiria) lieth North and Eaſt betwixt Iberia and the ſea
Translations
Q177076 Caucasian Albania
References
Anagrams
en aaabiln Baalian
en terms suffixed with -ia (place) exonyms
Acehnese
ace:
Proper noun
ace proper noun
ace Albania Q222
Aragonese
an:
Proper noun
an proper noun
an Albania Q222
Asturian
ast:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
ast Albania Q222
Basque
eu:
Etymology
eu :bor es:Albania + 1
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Albania.wav>
Proper noun
in
eu Albania Q222
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu albaniar<t:Albanian> albaniera<t:Albanian language>
See also
Further reading
38
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from nch es Albania.
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch Albania Q222
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from nhn es Albania.
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Albania Q222
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
Ultimately from fi grc Ἀλβανία.
Pronunciation
alba(:)nia
Proper noun
fi Albania Q222
Declension
sg Albani a
Derived terms
fi albania albanialainen
See also
Anagrams
fi aaabiln albaani banaali
Galician
Alternative forms
gl Albânia reintegrationist
Proper noun
f
gl Albania Q222
Related terms
gl albanés
Ido
Proper noun
io proper noun
io Albania Q222
See also
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id dum
id nl Albanië, from id gkm Ἀλβανία.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id Albania Q222
Adjective
Albanian
See also
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Albanìa<audio:It-Albania.ogg>
Proper noun
f
it Albania Q222
Derived terms
it albanese
See also
it exonyms
Latin
la:
Etymology 1
la European country Albānia :bor gkm:Ἀλβανία + 1
Pronunciation
Albānia
Proper noun
Albānia<1>
la Medieval Latin New Latin la Albania Q222
la Classical Latin Caucasian Albania
Declension
Albānia<1>
Related terms
la albānicus
la albānus
Descendants
et Albaania 1
ru Алба́ния Алба́нія 1 ru-PRO
See also
Etymology 2
la Albu Albānia :bor sga:Albu<alt:Albu, Albain, Alban> + 1
Proper noun
Albānia<1>
la Medieval Latin Scotland
Declension
Albānia<1>
Descendants
enm Albany 1
en Albany
References
Malay
ms:
Etymology
ms en Albania, from ms gkm Ἀλβανία.
Pronunciation
ms /albenia/
ms ia 2
Proper noun
ms proper noun
ms Albania Q222
Adjective
ms adjective
ms relational Albanian
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|An Albanian flag.
thumb|Albania in Europe.
Etymology
nb, based on Medieval Latin la Albānia, from Medieval Greek grc Ἄλβανον Albanon, a medieval settlement and region + Medieval Latin la -ia country-forming suffix. The deeper origin of the Greek name is uncertain.
Compare da Albanien, sv Albanien, de Albanien, nl Albanië, fr Albanie and en Albania.
Pronunciation
nb /alˈbɑːni.a/ [ɑlˈbɑːnɪ.a]
nb ɑːnia 4
nb Al ba ni a
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Albania; nb country r/Southeast Europe cont/Europe, with Tirana as its capital
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Albania (“the Republic of Albania”).
Derived terms
nb albaner Albanian person
nb albansk Albanian; Albanian language
See also
References
“Albania” in Store norske leksikon
nb exonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Albania Q222
Related terms
nn albanar
nn albansk
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :der gkm:Ἀλβανία + 1
Pronunciation
[ńj] Pl-Albania.ogg Al.ban.ia
Proper noun
f albański
pl Albania Q222
Declension
s
Related terms
pl nouns Albańczyk Albanka
See also
Further reading
pl exonyms
Romanian
ro:
Pronunciation
ro /alˈba.ni.(j)a/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Albania.wav
Proper noun
f Albaniei
ro Albania Q222 Republica Albania
Declension
Albani sg
Related terms
ro albanez
ro albaneză
ro albanezesc
ro albanezește
ro albanezoaică
See also
ro fărșerot / ro fărșărot
ro Moscopole
ro Muzachia
Sardinian
sc:
Proper noun
f
sc Albania Q222
Spanish
es:
Etymology
Likely from es la-med Albānia, from es gkm Ἄλβανον + es la-med -ia.Albanian n.2 & adj.3 8742780191 https://www.oed.com/dictionary/albanian_n2?tab=etymology#7750465 June 2024 1
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Albania.wav>
Proper noun
f
es Albania Q222 Tirana
Derived terms
es albanés Albania caucásica
Related terms
es albano
Descendants
tl Albanya 1
See also
References
es exonyms
Tatar
Proper noun
proper noun l
tt Latin Албания: tt Albania Q222
Declension
nıñ ga nı da dan
Welsh
cy:
Pronunciation
cy /alˈbanja/
Proper noun
f
cy Albania Q222
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
cy Gweriniaeth Albania Republic of Albania
cy Albaneg Albanian (language)
cy Albaniad Albanian person
cy Albaniaidd Albanian adjective
Mutation
cy exonyms