albanian

IPA/ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
KK[ælbˈeniən]IPA/ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/

albanian — adjective

  • albanianpositive
  • more albaniancomparative
  • most albaniansuperlative

1. describes a person or thing that comes from the country of Albania, or that invo

1.adjectiveA2
Definition

describes a person or thing that comes from the country of Albania, or that involves the country, its people, or the language they use

Example

Henrik's grandmother taught him to cook several traditional Albanian dishes.

collocation: traditional Albanian dishes

Ayesha found a book about Albanian folk music at the library.

collocation: Albanian folk music

Common collocations
  • Albanian government
  • Albanian culture
  • Albanian language
  • Albanian people
  • Albanian coast

albanian — noun

Word family

  • Albania
    proper nounA2

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

These terms all refer to people connected to Albania but differ in scope. 'Albanian' is the standard demonym used for anyone with Albanian citizenship or ethnicity. 'Albanian-born' specifies the place of birth and is useful when a person now holds another nationality. 'Ethnic Albanian' refers to people of Albanian descent regardless of citizenship — many ethnic Albanians live in Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro. For example: 'Dylan is an Albanian who grew up in Tirana' states his citizenship; 'Ethnic Albanians in the region speak the same language but hold different passports.'

Albanian ↗Albanian-bornethnic Albanian

Common collocations

Nouns

  • Albanian community
  • Albanian diaspora
  • Albanian history

Etymology

LatinIllyrianEnglish

The word comes from 'Albania' (the country name) combined with the suffix '-an', which turns a place name into a word for a person or thing from that place. The name 'Albania' traces back through Latin to an ancient Illyrian tribe called the Albanoi, who lived in the region around the 2nd century AD. The English form appeared in the 1500s.

First known use

1569

1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1