Albanisation

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noun

A cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian.

OriginEnglish Albania ← Medieval Latin Albānia ← Medieval Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía) →
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Meanings

nounAlbanisation (uncountable)

alternative Albanization · alternative Albanianisation · alternative Albanianization

  1. derogatoryuncountableA cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  2. Proto-Italic*alβos
  3. Latinalbus
  4. LatinAlba
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  6. Proto-Italic*(d)longos
  7. Latinlongus
  8. LatinLonga
  9. LatinAlba (Longa)
  10. LatinAlbānus
  11. Ancient GreekἈλβᾰνός (Albănós)
  12. Medieval GreekἈλβανία (Albanía)
  13. Medieval LatinAlbānia
  14. EnglishAlbania
  15. EnglishAlbanisation

From Albania + -isation.

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Translations

Portuguese albanização
  • albanizaçãocultural change
Russian албаниза́ция
  • албаниза́ция (albanizácija)cultural change

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

banalisation
Cite this entry
APA

Albanisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Albanisation

MLA

“Albanisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Albanisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Albanisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Albanisation.

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