Arbëria

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Arbënia

Etymology

Tosk variant of Gheg Arbënia, the old name of Albania until (around) the 18th century, when it inexplicably fell out of use in favour of Shqipëria. See arbën and shqip.

Proper noun

Arbëria f

1. (Tosk) definite nominative of Arbëri: Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Synonyms

• Shqipëria
• Shqypnia

Related terms

• arbër
• Arvanites
• arbën (Gheg)
• αρbε̰ρ (arbër) (Gheg)
• arbëresh
• arbënesh (Gheg)
• arbënisht (Gheg)
• αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ (arbërisht)
• lab