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Definition of Albanian
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Albania.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture.
3. Noun. The Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania.
Specialized synonyms: Gheg, Gheg Dialect, Tosk, Tosk Dialect
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
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. ..."