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Definition of Albanian capital
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Albania, Republic Of Albania
Lexicographical Neighbors of Albanian Capital
Literary usage of Albanian capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"His successes decided Mohammad to take the field himself at the head of a mighty
host and lay siege to Kroja, the Albanian capital (1465). ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... will readily be conceived that his stay in the Albanian capital was not long
protracted. The Pacha dismissed him very civilly, and furnished with an ..."
3. Travels and Politics in the Near East by William Miller (1898)
"... like Valona, is a scala for the Albanian capital—was the one achievement of
the Greek fleet. I saw Santi Quaranta a few days after the bombardment, ..."
4. The Mediterranean and Its Borderlands by Joel Cook (1910)
"... while dominating all is the bold outline of the Albanian mountains, enclosing
the eastern horizon, and having behind them the Albanian capital Jannina, ..."
5. Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania by Thomas Smart Hughes (1820)
"... and taking a cursory view of the Albanian capital. At about four o'clock Mr.
Foresti, accompanied by Colonel Church, called at our lodging, ..."
6. Humanitarian Law Violations in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (1998)
"Planes flew over Tirana, the Albanian capital, but not over North Albania where
they would have been seen by Serbian forces and the UCK alike. ..."
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