Definition of Albanian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Albania.

Group relationships: Albania, Republic Of Albania
Generic synonyms: European

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture.
Partainyms: Albania
Derivative terms: Albania

3. Noun. The Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania.

Definition of Albanian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.

Definition of Albanian

1. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. ¹

2. Noun. A person from Albania or of Albanian descent. ¹

3. Proper noun. The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. (ISO language codes: alb/sqi/sq (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh)) ¹

4. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Caucasian Albania, to its people or language. ¹

5. Noun. An inhabitant of Caucasian Albania. Udi people are descended from them. ¹

6. Proper noun. The extinct Northeast Caucasian language once spoken by these people. Udi language is descended from it. ¹

7. Adjective. (context central New York) of or from the city of Albany, New York State ¹

8. Noun. (context central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albanian

Alaskan Native
Alaskan brown bear
Alaskan king crab
Alaskan malamute
Alaskan pipeline
Alaskans
Alastair
Alauda
Alauda arvensis
Alaudidae
Alawite
Alawites
Alban
Alban Berg
Albania
Albanian (current term)
Albanian capital
Albanian monetary unit
Albanianness
Albanians
Albanic
Albanisation
Albanologist
Albanologists
Albanology
Albany
Albarran's glands
Albarran's test
Albarran y Dominguez' tubules
Albatrellus

Literary usage of Albanian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"The Albanian race now conies fully Advance to the front. Albanian settlers press into all the Albanians. southern lands, and Albanian principalities stand ..."

2. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"Extent of country occupied by the Albanian race in Greece. ... THE Albanian race occupies no inconsiderable portion of ancient Greece. ..."

3. Albania Past and Present by Constantine Anastasi Chekrezi (1919)
"Albanian. .. English- Albanian . New York, NY Jamestown, NY cha, Albania) Denver, Colo., and (formerly of Kor- later Chicago, 111. ..."

4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"... Soros — Albanian Market — Journey to Cithaeron and Plataea—View of the ... old Route over Helicon—Further Account of the Albanian Peasants—Journey over ..."

5. The New Map of Europe (1911-1914): The Story of the Recent European by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1914)
"For the Albanian coast, with its two splendid harbours, of Valona and Durazzo, effectively guards the entrance of the Adriatic into the Mediterranean Sea. ..."

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