Shqypnia

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Shqipëria (Tosk, Standard Albanian)

Etymology

Gheg form of Tosk and Standard Albanian Shqipëria (“the Albania”). Definite form of Shqypni (“Albania”) (Tosk Shqipëri). Indefinite form Shqypni + -a f (“the”) (definite article). More at Shypni, shqip.

Pronunciation

• Gheg dialects:

  IPA^(key): /ʃcipˈnia/, /ʃcɕipˈnia/, /ʃcipəˈnia/, /ʃcɕipəˈnia/ (without rhotacism)

• Tosk and Standard Albanian:

  IPA^(key): /ʃcipəˈɾia/, /ʃcɕipəˈɾia/ (rhotacism)

• Tosk subdialects:

  IPA^(key): /ʃkʲipəˈɾia/ (archaic /kʲ/ sound preserved in Cham; rhotacism)

Proper noun

Shqypnia f

1. (Gheg) definite nominative of Shqypni: Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

See Shqypni (“Albania”).

Synonyms

• Arbëria (Tosk)
• Arbënia (Gheg)
• Albania

Related terms

• shqip
• shqipe f
• shqiptar m, shqiptare f
• shqipoj
• shqipohem (Tosk)
• shqyptar (Gheg)
• Arbën m (Gheg), Arbër m (Tosk)
• lab
• Arbëresh, Arbëreshë (Tosk)
• arbërisht (Tosk), arbënisht (Gheg)