Albania

See also: albania, Albánia, Albanía, Albània, Albanìa, and Albânia

English

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). Doublet of Albany.

Map showing the location of Albania (in yellow)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/, /ɔːlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Albania

2. A country in southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania.
   • 2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller; Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, DOI: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 […]

Related terms

• Albanian

Translations

country in south-eastern Europe

• Abkhaz: Арнауыҭтәыла (Ārnāuətṭwəlā)
• Acehnese: Albania
• Adyghe: Албание (Ālbānie)
• Afrikaans: Albanië (af)
• Albanian:

  Gheg (indefinite/definite): Shqipni f/Shqipnia f, Shqypni f/Shqypnia f; (archaic) Arbëni f/Arbënia f

  Tosk (indef./def.): Shqipëri (sq) f/Shqipëria (sq) f; (archaic) Arbëri f/Arbëria (sq) f

• Amharic: አልባኒያ (ʾälbaniya)
• Arabic: أَلْبَانِيَا (ar) f (ʾalbāniyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: البانيا

• Aragonese: Albania
• Aramaic: ܐܠܒܢܝܐ
• Armenian: Ալբանիա (hy) (Albania)
• Aromanian: Arbinishia f, Shchipiria f, Shchiperia f, Alvania f
• Assamese: আলবেনিয়া (alobenia)
• Asturian: Albania (ast) f
• Avar: Албания (Albanija)
• Azerbaijani: Albaniya (az)
• Bashkir: Албания (Albaniya)
• Basque: Albania (eu)
• Bavarian: Oibanien
• Belarusian: Алба́нія f (Albánija), Алба́нія f (Albánija) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: আলবেনিয়া (albeniya)
• Bihari: अल्बानिया
• Bikol Central: Albanya
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: আলবেনিয়া
• Breton: Albania
• Bulgarian: Алба́ния (bg) f (Albánija)
• Burmese: အယ်လ်ဘေးနီးယား (ailbhe:ni:ya:)
• Buryat: Албани (Albani)
• Catalan: Albània (ca) f
• Cebuano: Albanya
• Central Franconian: Albanien
• Chechen: Албани (Albani)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎸᏇᏂᏯ (alvqueniya), ᎠᎵᏇᏂᏯ (aliqueniya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿爾巴尼亞, 阿尔巴尼亚 (aa3 ji5 baa1 nei4 aa3)

  Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞 (cmn), 阿尔巴尼亚 (cmn) (Ā'ěrbāníyà)

  Min Nan: 阿爾巴尼亞 (nan), 阿尔巴尼亚 (A-ní-pa-nî-a / A-jíⁿ-pa-nî-a)

• Chuvash: Албани (Albani)
• Cornish: Albani
• Crimean Tatar: Arnavutlıq
• Czech: Albánie (cs) f
• Danish: Albanien (da)
• Dhivehi: އަލްބޭނިއާ (dv) (albēniā)
• Doteli: अल्बानिया (albāniyā)
• Dutch: Albanië (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཨཱལ་བེ་ནི་ཡ (āl be ni ya)
• Eastern Mari: Албаний (Albanij)
• Emilian: Albanî
• Erzya: Албания (Albanija)
• Esperanto: Albanio, Albanujo
• Estonian: Albaania (et)
• Extremaduran: Albánia
• Faroese: Albania (fo) n
• Finnish: Albania (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Albanie
• French: Albanie (fr) f
• Friulian: Albanie
• Fula: Albaniya
• Gagauz: Albaniya
• Galician: Albania (gl) f
• Georgian: ალბანეთი (ka) (albaneti)
• German: Albanien (de) n

  Alemannic German: Albanien

• Greek: Αλβανία (el) f (Alvanía)

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

• Guaraní: Avaña
• Gujarati: અલ્બેનિયા (albeniyā)
• Haitian Creole: Albani
• Hausa: Albaniya
• Hawaiian: ʻAlepania
• Hebrew: אַלְבַּנְיָה (he) (albaniya)
• Hindi: अल्बानिया (hi) (albāniyā)
• Hungarian: Albánia (hu)
• Icelandic: Albanía (is) f
• Ido: Albania (io)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Albania (id)
• Interlingua: Albania
• Irish: [[an Albáin#Irish|an Albáin]] f
• Italian: Albania (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Albienia
• Japanese: アルバニア (ja) (Arubania)
• Kabardian: Албаниэ (Ālbāniă)
• Kabyle: Albanya
• Kalmyk: Арнгудин Орн (Arngudin Orn)
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಬೇನಿಯ (albēniya)
• Karachay-Balkar: Албания
• Karakalpak: Albaniya
• Kashubian: Albańskô
• Kazakh: Албания
• Khmer: អាល់បានី (km) (ʼalbani)
• Kikuyu: Arũmbĩnia
• Komi-Permyak: Албания (Albanija), Штиприя (Štiprija)
• Komi-Zyrian: Албания (Albanija)
• Konkani: अल्बानिया
• Korean: 알바니아 (Albania)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئالبانیا (albanya)

  Northern Kurdish: Albanya (kmr)

• Kyrgyz: Албания (Albaniya)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ອານບານີ (ʼān bā nī)
• Latgalian: Albaneja
• Latin: Albania (la) f
• Latvian: Albānija f
• Limburgish: Albanië (li)
• Lithuanian: Albanija (lt) f

• Livvi: Albuanii
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Albanië (nds-nl)

  German Low German: Albanien (nds-de)

• Luxembourgish: Albanien (lb) n
• Macedonian: Албанија (mk) f (Albanija)
• Maithili: अल्बानिया
• Malagasy: Albania (mg)
• Malay: Albania
• Malayalam: അൽബേനിയ (albēniya)
• Maltese: Albanija f
• Manx: Yn Albaan
• Maori: Arapeinia
• Marathi: अल्बेनिया (albeniyā)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: Албани (Albani)

• Mazanderani: آلبانی
• Mingrelian: ალბანეთი (albaneti)
• Mirandese: Albánia
• Moksha: Албания (Albanija)
• Mongolian: Албани (Albani)
• Nauruan: Albania, Arbainiya
• Navajo: Dziłigaii bikéyah
• Newar: अल्बानिया (albāniyā)
• Norman: Albannie f (Jersey)
• North Frisian: Albaanien
• Northern Luri: آلبانی
• Northern Sami: Albánia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Albania (nb)

  Nynorsk: Albania (nn)

• Occitan: Albània (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: Алванїꙗ (Alvanija)
• Oriya: ଆଲବାନିଆ (alôbania)
• Oromo: Albeeniyaa
• Ossetian: Албани (Albani)
• Pali: अल्बानिया
• Parya: Shqip
• Pashto: البانيا f (albānyã)
• Pennsylvania German: Albaani
• Persian: آلبانی (fa) (âlbâni)
• Picard: Albanie
• Piedmontese: Albanìa
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Elbanya
• Polish: Albania (pl) f
• Pontic Greek: Αλβανία (Albanía)
• Portuguese: Albânia (pt) f
• Quechua: Albanya
• Romagnol: Albanî
• Romani:

  Vlax Romani: Shkiperiya

• Romanian: Albania (ro) f
• Russian: Алба́ния (ru) f (Albánija)
• Rusyn: Алба́нія f (Albánija), Алба́ньско n (Albánʹsko)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Alubaniya
• Samogitian: Albanėjė f
• Sango: Albanïi
• Sanskrit: अल्बेनिया (albeniyā)
• Saterland Frisian: Albanien
• Scots: Albanie
• Scottish Gaelic: Albàinia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀лба̄нија f

  Roman: Àlbānija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Albanìa f, Arbanìa f
• Silesian: Albańijo f
• Sinhalese: ඇල්බේනියාව (ælbēniyāva)
• Slovak: Albánsko n
• Slovene: Albánija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Albańska f

  Upper Sorbian: Albanska (hsb)

• Spanish: Albania (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Albanikondre
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swazi: I-Alibheniya
• Swedish: Albanien (sv)
• Tagalog: Albanya (tl)
• Tahitian: Arapania
• Tajik: Албания (Albaniya)
• Tarantino: Albanie
• Tatar: Албания (tt) (Albaniya)
• Tetum: Albánia
• Thai: แอลเบเนีย (th)
• Tibetan: ཨལ་པ་ཉི་ཡ། (al pa nyi ya)
• Tigrinya: አልባኒያ (ʾälbaniya)
• Tok Pisin: Albenia
• Turkish: Arnavutluk (tr)
• Turkmen: Albaniýa
• Udmurt: Албания (Albanija)
• Ukrainian: Алба́нія (uk) f (Albánija)
• Urdu: البانیا (albāniyā)
• Uyghur: ئالبانىيە (ug)
• Uzbek: Albaniya (uz)
• Veps: Albanii
• Vietnamese: An-ba-ni
• Volapük: Lalbanän (vo)
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: Albaania
• Waray-Waray: Albanya
• Welsh: Albania (cy) f
• West Flemish: Albanië
• West Frisian: Albaanje (fy)
• Western Panjabi: البانیا (pnb)
• Wolof: Albaani
• Yakut: Албания (Albaniya)
• Yiddish: אַלבאַניע (albanye)
• Yoruba: Albáníà
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Arnawutiye, Arnawudiye
• Zealandic: Albanië
• Zulu: I-Albaniya

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Albania
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Proper noun

Albania

2. (historical) Caucasian Albania.

Translations

Caucasian Albania — see Caucasian Albania

Anagrams

• Baalian

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Acehnese

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

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Aragonese

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

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Asturian

Proper noun

Albania f

1. Albania (a country in southeastern Europe)

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Albania (“Albania”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albania/, [al.β̞a.ni.a]

Proper noun

Albania inan

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Albania (inan, indef, -A)

	indefinite
absolutive	Albania
ergative	Albaniak
dative	Albaniari
genitive	Albaniaren
comitative	Albaniarekin
causative	Albaniarentzat
benefactive	Albaniarengatik
instrumental	Albaniaz
inessive	Albanian
locative	Albaniako
allative	Albaniara
terminative	Albaniaraino
directive	Albaniarantz
destinative	Albaniarako
ablative	Albaniatik
partitive	Albaniarik
prolative	Albaniatzat

Derived terms

• albaniar
• albaniera

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Albania.

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

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Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Albania.

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlbɑ(ː)niɑ/, [ˈɑlbɑ(ː)ˌniɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification: Al‧ba‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Declension

Inflection of Albania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Albania	—
genitive		Albanian	—
partitive		Albaniaa	—
illative		Albaniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Albania	—
accusative	nom.	Albania	—
	gen.	Albanian
genitive		Albanian	—
partitive		Albaniaa	—
inessive		Albaniassa	—
elative		Albaniasta	—
illative		Albaniaan	—
adessive		Albanialla	—
ablative		Albanialta	—
allative		Albanialle	—
essive		Albaniana	—
translative		Albaniaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Albaniatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Albania (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Albaniani	Albaniamme
2nd person	Albaniasi	Albanianne
3rd person	Albaniansa

Anagrams

• albaani, banaali

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Galician

Proper noun

Albania f

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• albanés

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Ido

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Albanië, from Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈbania̯]

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.baˈni.a/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Albania f

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• albanese

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía) (or Old Irish Albu, Albain, Alban for the "Scotland" sense).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbaː.ni.a/, [älˈbäːniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈba.ni.a/, [ɑlˈbɑːniɑ]

Proper noun

Albānia f sg (genitive Albāniae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Albania (country in Southeast Europe)
2. (Classical Latin) Caucasian Albania
3. (Medieval Latin) Scotland

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Albānia
Genitive	Albāniae
Dative	Albāniae
Accusative	Albāniam
Ablative	Albāniā
Vocative	Albānia

Related terms

• albānicus
• albānus

Descendants

• ⇒ Russian: Алба́нія (Albánija) (Pre-reform orthography (1918)), Алба́ния (Albánija)

References

• Albania in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Albania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Malay

Etymology

From English Albania, from Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albenia/
• Rhymes: -ia, -a

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Adjective

Albania

1. Albanian (Of or pertaining to Albania)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑl.ˈbɑ.njɑ/

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• albaner
• albansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Albania

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• albanar
• albansk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbaɲ.ja/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Albania f

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Albania

	singular	plural
nominative	Albania	Albanie
genitive	Albanii	Albanii
dative	Albanii	Albaniom
accusative	Albanię	Albanie
instrumental	Albanią	Albaniami
locative	Albanii	Albaniach
vocative	Albanio	Albanie

Related terms

• Albańczyk / Albanka
• albański

Further reading

• Albania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Albania f (genitive and dative Albaniei)

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

   Synonym: Republica Albania

Related terms

• albanez

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Sardinian

Proper noun

Albania ?

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbanja/, [alˈβ̞a.nja]

Proper noun

Albania f

1. Albania (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• albanés
• Albania caucásica

 

Related terms

• albano

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Albanya

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Tatar

Proper noun

Albania

1. Latin spelling of Албания (Albaniya)

Declension

    declension of Albania

Nominative	Albania
Genitive	Albanianıñ
Dative	Albaniaga
Accusative	Albanianı
Locative	Albaniada
Ablative	Albaniadan