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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