Albania

Al·ba·ni·a
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UK/ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ə/US/ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/US/ælˈbeɪn.jə/US/ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/

proper noun

A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.

OriginMedieval Latin Albānia ← Medieval Greek Ἄλβανον →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

Albania1

proper noun
  1. A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.First known use ca. 1503

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

    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

Albania2

proper noun
  1. historicalCaucasian Albania.

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

    1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 291

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
albany

Origin

Albania · proper noun

  1. Medieval Latin-ia
  2. Medieval GreekἌλβανον
  3. Medieval LatinAlbānia
  4. EnglishAlbania

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

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Albania · proper noun

  1. Ancient GreekἈλβανία
  2. EnglishAlbania

From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

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Translations

Afrikaans Albanië
  • Albaniëcountry in south-eastern Europe
Ancient Greek Ἄρβανον
  • Ἄρβανον (Árbanon)country in south-eastern Europe
Arabic أَلْبَانِيَا, البانيا
  • أَلْبَانِيَا (ʔalbāniyā)country in south-eastern Europe
  • البانياcountry in south-eastern Europe
  • ألْبانيا (ʔalbānya)country in south-eastern Europe
Basque Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Bavarian German Oibanien
  • Oibaniencountry in south-eastern Europe
Bengali আলবেনিয়া
  • আলবেনিয়া (albeniẏa)country in south-eastern Europe
Bulgarian Алба́ния
  • Алба́ния (Albánija)country in south-eastern Europe
Catalan Albània
  • Albàniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Chinese 阿爾巴尼亞 /阿尔巴尼亚
  • 阿爾巴尼亞 /阿尔巴尼亚 (A-ní-pa-nî-a / A-jíⁿ-pa-nî-a)country in south-eastern Europe
Chinese Cantonese 阿爾巴尼亞 /阿尔巴尼亚
  • 阿爾巴尼亞 /阿尔巴尼亚 (aa³ ji⁵ baa¹ nei⁴ aa³)country in south-eastern Europe
Chinese Mandarin 阿爾巴尼亞 /阿尔巴尼亚
  • 阿爾巴尼亞 /阿尔巴尼亚 (Ā'ěrbāníyà)country in south-eastern Europe
Czech Albánie
  • Albániecountry in south-eastern Europe
Danish Albanien
  • Albaniencountry in south-eastern Europe
Dari آلْبَانِیَا, اَلْبَانِیَا
  • آلْبَانِیَاcountry in south-eastern Europe
  • اَلْبَانِیَا (albāniyā)country in south-eastern Europe
Dutch Albanië
  • Albaniëcountry in south-eastern Europe
Esperanto Albanio, Albanujo
  • Albaniocountry in south-eastern Europe
  • Albanujocountry in south-eastern Europe
Estonian Albaania
  • Albaaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Finnish Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
French Albanie
  • Albaniecountry in south-eastern Europe
German Albanien, Albanien
  • Albaniencountry in south-eastern Europe
  • Albaniencountry in south-eastern Europe
Greek Αλβανία
  • Αλβανία (Alvanía)country in south-eastern Europe
Hawaiian ʻAlepania
  • ʻAlepaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Hebrew אַלְבַּנְיָה
  • אַלְבַּנְיָה (albánya)country in south-eastern Europe
Hindi अल्बानिया
  • अल्बानिया (albāniyā)country in south-eastern Europe
Hungarian Albánia
  • Albániacountry in south-eastern Europe
Icelandic Albanía
  • Albaníacountry in south-eastern Europe
Indonesian Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Iranian Persian آلْبانی
  • آلْبانیcountry in south-eastern Europe
Irish an Albáin
  • an Albáincountry in south-eastern Europe
Italian Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Japanese アルバニア
  • アルバニア (Arubania)country in south-eastern Europe
Korean 알바니아
  • 알바니아 (albania)country in south-eastern Europe
Latin Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Latvian Albānija
  • Albānijacountry in south-eastern Europe
Lithuanian Albanija
  • Albanijacountry in south-eastern Europe
Malay Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Māori Arapeinia
  • Arapeiniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Polish Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Portuguese Albânia
  • Albâniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Punjabi ਅਲਬਾਨੀਆ, البانیا
  • ਅਲਬਾਨੀਆ (alabānīā)country in south-eastern Europe
  • البانیا (pnb)country in south-eastern Europe
Romanian Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Russian Алба́ния
  • Алба́ния (Albánija)country in south-eastern Europe
Scottish Gaelic Albàinia
  • Albàiniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Slovak Albánsko
  • Albánskocountry in south-eastern Europe
Spanish Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Swedish Albanien
  • Albaniencountry in south-eastern Europe
Tagalog Albanya
  • Albanyacountry in south-eastern Europe
Tamil அல்பேனியா
  • அல்பேனியா (alpēṉiyā)country in south-eastern Europe
Thai แอลเบเนีย
  • แอลเบเนีย (ɛl-bee-niia)country in south-eastern Europe
Turkish Arnavutluk
  • Arnavutlukcountry in south-eastern Europe
Ukrainian Алба́нія
  • Алба́нія (Albánija)country in south-eastern Europe
Urdu اَلْبانِیا
  • اَلْبانِیاcountry in south-eastern Europe
Vietnamese An-ba-ni
  • An-ba-nicountry in south-eastern Europe
Welsh Albania
  • Albaniacountry in south-eastern Europe
Yiddish אַלבאַניע
  • אַלבאַניע (albanye)country in south-eastern Europe
Zulu I-Albaniya
  • I-Albaniyacountry in south-eastern Europe

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Albania

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Anagrams

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APA

Albania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Albania

MLA

“Albania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Albania. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Albania,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Albania.

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