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Albanus
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albanus albāņus
Latin
la descendants and senses at Etymology 2
Alternative forms
la albānus alternative lower case form
Pronunciation
Albānus
Etymology 1
la Albānus :af Alba Longa<alt:Alba (Longa)> -ānus + 1
Adjective
Albānus
pertaining to the city of Alba Longa
la nominalized masculine plurale tantum inhabitants of this city
Declension
Albānus
Derived terms
la Lacus Albānus Mons Albānus Lapis Albānus
Descendants
grc Ἀλβᾰνός 1
Proper noun
Albānus<2>
la male Alban
Declension
Albānus<2>
Descendants
sq Albano
fr Alban
en Alban
gl Albán
de Alban
it Albano
pt Albano Alvão Albão
ro Alban
es Albano
tl Albano 1
sv Alban
Etymology 2
la. Suggested as derived from a Western European root und *alb- found in various place names, perhaps also the source of la Alpes, and/or from a la ine-pro - root ine-pro *alb- mountain (see ine-pro *h₂el- to rise, be tall), or from la cel-pro *albiyū upper realm, world; mountain, Alps (whence also la Albion). la.
It is believed that they are related to the modern nation of the Albanians. The genesis of the Balkan Peoples Vladimir I. Georgiev Vladimir Georgiev The Slavonic and East European Review 44 103 1960 285–297
While it has been identified with the Zgërdhesh hill-fort near Krujë in northern Albania, scholars believe the Illyrian settlement was abandoned in the 2nd century BC, when the inhabitants moved to Durrës and Lezhë.Robert Elsie Historical Dictionary of Albania Historical Dictionaries of Europe 75 2 2010 497–498 Scarecrow Press 978-0810861886
Possibly related to sq arbën from la sqj-pro *arwā, from la ine-pro *h₂rh₃ arable land, soil; compare ine-pro *h₂erh₃- to plough80-81
Adjective
Albānus<2.both> Albāna
Albanian (Balkan Albania, Caucasian Albania and Scotland)
1815, Joannis Severinus Vaterus, Linguarum totius orbis Index alphabeticus, quarum Grammaticae, Lexica, collectiones vocabulorum recensentur, patria significatur, historia adumbratur, Berolini, p. 10:
la Albani in orientali parte Illyriae veteris et Epiri passimque in Dalmatia, Bulgaria, Romania vivunt. Albanians live in the eastern part of ancient Illyria, Epirus and here and there in Dalmatia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
la nominalized masculine plurale tantum:
Albanians, inhabitants of Caucasian Albania
la ML. Albanians, inhabitants of Albania
Declension
Albānus
Related terms
la Albānia albānicus
Proper noun
Albānus<2>
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la river c/Albania, now probably the Samur River
Declension
Albānus<2.loc>
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