Arvanite
//ˈɑːvənaɪt// noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of Albanian, and who settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages.
Etymology
Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), a variant of Ἀλβανίτης (Albanítēs, “Albanian”), possibly influenced by the Modern Greek reading of β (v).
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