Albania

English

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Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). Doublet of Albany.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/, /ɔːlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Albania

  1. A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.
    • 2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller, Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI:
      However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style []
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Proper noun

Albania

  1. (historical) Caucasian Albania.
Translations

Anagrams

Acehnese

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Aragonese

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbanja/, [alˈβ̞a.nja]

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Albania.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /albania/ [al.β̞a.ni.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Al‧ba‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Albania inan

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Albania.

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Albania.

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlbɑ(ː)niɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lbɑ̝(ː)ˌniɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Al‧ba‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

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
abessive Albaniatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Albania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Albaniani
accusative nom. Albaniani
gen. Albaniani
genitive Albaniani
partitive Albaniaani
inessive Albaniassani
elative Albaniastani
illative Albaniaani
adessive Albaniallani
ablative Albanialtani
allative Albanialleni
essive Albanianani
translative Albaniakseni
abessive Albaniattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Albaniasi
accusative nom. Albaniasi
gen. Albaniasi
genitive Albaniasi
partitive Albaniaasi
inessive Albaniassasi
elative Albaniastasi
illative Albaniaasi
adessive Albaniallasi
ablative Albanialtasi
allative Albaniallesi
essive Albanianasi
translative Albaniaksesi
abessive Albaniattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Albaniamme
accusative nom. Albaniamme
gen. Albaniamme
genitive Albaniamme
partitive Albaniaamme
inessive Albaniassamme
elative Albaniastamme
illative Albaniaamme
adessive Albaniallamme
ablative Albanialtamme
allative Albaniallemme
essive Albanianamme
translative Albaniaksemme
abessive Albaniattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Albanianne
accusative nom. Albanianne
gen. Albanianne
genitive Albanianne
partitive Albaniaanne
inessive Albaniassanne
elative Albaniastanne
illative Albaniaanne
adessive Albaniallanne
ablative Albanialtanne
allative Albaniallenne
essive Albaniananne
translative Albaniaksenne
abessive Albaniattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Albaniansa
accusative nom. Albaniansa
gen. Albaniansa
genitive Albaniansa
partitive Albaniaansa
inessive Albaniassaan
Albaniassansa
elative Albaniastaan
Albaniastansa
illative Albaniaansa
adessive Albaniallaan
Albaniallansa
ablative Albanialtaan
Albanialtansa
allative Albanialleen
Albaniallensa
essive Albanianaan
Albanianansa
translative Albaniakseen
Albaniaksensa
abessive Albaniattaan
Albaniattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Galician

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Ido

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Albanië, from Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alˈbania̯]

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Adjective

Albania

  1. Albanian

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.baˈni.a/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Al‧ba‧nì‧a

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

See also

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Albānia f sg (genitive Albāniae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)
  2. (Classical Latin) Caucasian Albania
  3. (Medieval Latin) Scotland

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Albānia
Genitive Albāniae
Dative Albāniae
Accusative Albāniam
Ablative Albāniā
Vocative Albānia

Descendants

See also

References

  • 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.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /albenia/
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Adjective

Albania

  1. (relational) Albanian

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑl.ˈbɑ.njɑ/

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Polish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbaɲ.ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: Al‧ban‧ia

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

adjective
nouns

See also

Further reading

  • Albania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Albania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Albania f (genitive and dative Albaniei)

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe; official name: Republica Albania)

See also

Sardinian

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbanja/ [alˈβ̞a.nja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: Al‧ba‧nia

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

Descendants

Tatar

Proper noun

Albania

  1. Latin spelling of Албания (Albaniyä): Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Declension

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Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbanja/

Proper noun

Albania f

  1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • Gweriniaeth Albania (Republic of Albania)
  • Albanaeg (Albanian (language))
  • Albaniaidd (Albanian, adjective)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Albania unchanged unchanged Halbania
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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