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Albania

Syllables: Al·ba·ni·a/ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ə//ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/

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

albania: a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city:...
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Proper noun (1)

Albania

  1. A country in Southeastern 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[…]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...

Proper noun (2)

Albania

  1. (historical) Caucasian Albania.
    • Albania (now Zuiria) lieth North and Eaſt betwixt Iberia and the ſea1613, 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...

Albania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Albania in Hindi

country in south-eastern Europe
अल्बानिया albāniyā

Albania in Tamil

country in south-eastern Europe
அல்பேனியா alpēṉiyā

Albania in Marathi

country in south-eastern Europe
अल्बेनिया albeniyā

Albania in Urdu

country in south-eastern Europe
اَلْبانِیا
More languagesFewer languages
Albania in Bengali
আলবেনিয়া albeniẏa
Albania in Telugu
అల్బేనియా albēniyā
Albania in Malayalam
അൽബേനിയ albēniya
Albania in Kannada
ಅಲ್ಬೇನಿಯ albēniya
Albania in Punjabi
ਅਲਬਾਨੀਆ alabānīā, البانیا pnb
Albania in Gujarati
અલ્બેનિયા albeniyā
Albania in Odia
ଆଲବାନିଆ ālabāniā
Albania in Sanskrit
अल्बेनिया albeniyā
Albania in Sinhala
ඇල්බේනියාව ælbēniyāwa
Albania in Assamese
আলবেনিয়া alobenia
Albania in Nepali
अल्बानिया albāniyā
Albania in Pashto
البانيا albānyā
Albania in Tagalog
Albanya
Albania in Arabic
أَلْبَانِيَا ʔalbāniyā, البانيا, ألْبانيا ʔalbānya
Albania in Malay
Albania
Albania in Indonesian
Albania
Albania in Persian
آلْبَانِیَا, اَلْبَانِیَا albāniyā, آلْبانی
Albania in Thai
แอลเบเนีย ɛl-bee-niia
Albania in Vietnamese
An-ba-ni
Albania in Myanmar
အယ်လ်ဘေးနီးယား ailbhe:ni:ya:
Dhivehi
އަލްބޭނިއާ albēniā
Dzongkha
ཨཱལ་བེ་ནི་ཡ āl be ni ya

Origin of Albania

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

From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía).

Words formed from Albania

Phrases with Albania

Words that rhyme with Albania

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Questions about Albania

What does Albania mean?
Albania means a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana.
What is Albania in Hindi?
Albania in Hindi is अल्बानिया (albāniyā). See Albania meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Albania?
Albania is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Albania?
Albania is pronounced /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ə/ (UK).

Words near Albania in the dictionary

  1. albanerpetontid
  2. albanerpetontids
  3. Albanese
  4. Albaneses
  5. Albanesi
  6. Albania
  7. Albanian
  8. Albanian Alps
  9. Albanian Orthodox Church
  10. Albanianize
  11. Albanianness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Albania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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