Albania

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

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

PronunciationEdit

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper nounEdit

Albania

2. A country in south-eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania.

TranslationsEdit

country in south-eastern Europe

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

  Gheg: Shqipnia f, Shqipnija f, Shqypnija f

  Tosk: Shqipëri (sq) f, Shqipëria (sq) f (definite)

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

  Egyptian Arabic: البانيا‎‎

• Aragonese: Albania
• Aramaic: ܐܠܒܢܝܐ‎‎
• Armenian: Ալբանիա (hy) (Albania)
• Aromanian: Arbinishia, Arbinișia
• 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)
• 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

  Literary Chinese: 阿爾巴尼亞

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

  Wu: 阿爾巴尼亞

• 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 (albaneti)
• German: Albanien (de) n

  Alemannic German: Albanien

• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (albanja)
• Greek: Αλβανία (el) f (Alvanía)
• 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)
• Indonesian: Albania (id)
• Interlingua: Albania
• 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 (Albanïya)
• Khmer: អាល់បានី (km) (ʾalbaanii)
• Kikuyu: Arũmbĩnia
• Komi-Permyak: Албания (Albanija), Штиприя (Štiprija)
• Komi-Zyrian: Албания (Albanija)
• Konkani: अल्बानिया
• Korean: 알바니아 (Albania)
• Kurdish: Albanya (ku)

  Central Kurdish: ئالبانیا‎‎ (albanya)

• Kyrgyz: Албания (Albaniya)
• Lao: ອານບານີ (’ān 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)

  German Low German: Albanien (nds)

• 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
• Newari: अल्बानिया (albāniyā)
• Norman: Albannie f (Jersey)
• North Frisian: Albaanien
• Northern Luri: آلبانی‎‎
• Northern Sami: Albánia
• Norwegian: Albania (no)
• Novial: Albania
• Occitan: Albània (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: Алванїꙗ (Alvanija)
• Oriya: ଆଲବାନିଆ (alôbania)
• Oromo: Albeeniyaa
• Ossetian: Албани (Albani)
• Pali: अल्बानिया
• Parya: Shqip
• Pashto: البانيا‎‎ f (albānyā)
• 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: Албанија f

  Roman: Albanija (sh) f

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

  Lower Sorbian: Albańska f

  Upper Sorbian: Albanska (hsb)

• Spanish: Albania (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Albanikondre
• 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) (ɛl-bee-niia)
• Tibetan: ཨལ་པ་ཉི་ཡ། (al pa nyi ya)
• Tok Pisin: Albenia
• Turkish: Arnavutluk (tr)
• Turkmen: Albaniýa
• Udmurt: Албания (Albanija)
• Ukrainian: Алба́нія (uk) f (Albánija)
• Urdu: البانیا‎‎ (albāniyā)
• Uyghur: ئالبانىيە‎‎ (ug) (albaniye)
• Uzbek: Albaniya (uz)
• Veps: Albanii
• Vietnamese: An-ba-ni
• Volapük: Lalbanän (vo)
• 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 alsoEdit

• 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, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Etymology 2Edit

From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Proper nounEdit

Albania

2. (historical) Caucasian Albania.

TranslationsEdit

Caucasian Albania — see Caucasian Albania

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AcehneseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

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AragoneseEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

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AsturianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania f

1. Albania (country in south-eastern Europe)

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BasqueEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

DeclensionEdit

"Albania" inanimate proper noun indefinite absolutive Albania ergative Albaniak dative Albaniari genitive Albaniaren comitative Albaniarekin causative Albaniarengatik benefactive Albaniarentzat instrumental Albaniaz innesive Albaniatan locative Albaniatako allative Albaniatara terminative Albaniataraino directive Albaniatarantz destinative Albaniatarako ablative Albaniatatik partitive Albaniarik prolative Albaniatzat

Related termsEdit

• albaniar
• albaniera

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FinnishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

DeclensionEdit

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		—	—

AnagramsEdit

• albaani, banaali

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GalicianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania f

1. Albania

Related termsEdit

• albanés

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IdoEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

See alsoEdit

• (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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IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Albania.

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

See alsoEdit

• (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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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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Proper nounEdit

Albania f

1. Albania

Derived termsEdit

• albanese

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Albānia f (genitive Albāniae); first declension

1. (medieval, New Latin) Albania
2. (medieval) Scotland

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Albānia
genitive	Albāniae
dative	Albāniae
accusative	Albāniam
ablative	Albāniā
vocative	Albānia

Related termsEdit

• albānicus
• albānus

ReferencesEdit

• 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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MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /albaniə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /albania/
• Rhymes: -iə, -jə, -ə

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania (country in south-eastern Europe)

AdjectiveEdit

Albania

1. Albanian (Of or pertaining to Albania)

Derived termsEdit

• bahasa Albania
• orang Albania

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɑl.ˈbɑ.njɑ/

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

Related termsEdit

• albaner
• albansk

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

Related termsEdit

• albanar
• albansk

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NovialEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

Related termsEdit

• albane, albano, albana
• albanum

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /alˈbaɲ.ja/

• Audio

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Proper nounEdit

Albania f

1. Albania

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• Albańczyk / Albanka
• albański

Further readingEdit

• Albania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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RomanianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania f (genitive and dative Albaniei)

1. Albania

   Synonym: Republica Albania

Related termsEdit

• albanez

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SpanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania f

1. Albania

Related termsEdit

• albanés, albanesa
• albano, albana

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TatarEdit

Proper nounEdit

Albania

1. Albania

DeclensionEdit

    declension of Albania

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