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Albania

//ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.

    "However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]"

  2. 2
    Caucasian Albania. historical

    "Albania (now Zuiria) lieth North and Eaſt betwixt Iberia and the ſea"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Albānia, from Byzantine Greek Ἄλβανον (Álbanon) + Medieval Latin -ia.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

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