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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Member of an Albanian people inhabiting northern Albania, Kosovo and parts of North Macedonia and Montenegro.

   "Yugoslav Ghegs"

2. 2
   the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to this people.

   "Gheg dialects"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Albanian language spoken by this people.

Synonyms

All synonyms

gheg dialectghegish

Example

More examples

"Gheg is spoken north of Shkumbin river."

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian gegë, with the spelling possibly from Italian ghego.

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