Arbëreshë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• arbënesh (Gheg)

Etymology

See arbër, arbën.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾ.bəˈɾɛ.ʃə/, [äɹ.bɜˈɽɛʃ]

Noun

Arbëreshë

1. The Arbëreshë; an Albanian ethnolinguistic group in Southern Italy who are the descendants of Tosk refugees that fled from Albania due to Ottoman invasion of the Balkans; they mostly inhabit villages in the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Sicily.
2. The Arvanites; a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of Albanian, and who settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages.

Related terms

• arbër
• arbën (Gheg)
• αρbε̰ρ (arbër) (Arvanitic)
• Arbëria
• Arbënia (Gheg)
• arbërisht
• arbënisht (Gheg)
• αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ (arbërisht) (Arvanitic)

Descendants

• → English: Arbëresh