Albanians

Noun (1)

Albanian (plural Albanians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants.

   Synonyms:

   Albanese

2. A member of an Indo-European ethnic group native to the Balkans, primarily centered in modern Albania and Kosovo, and partially tracing their lineage back to ancient Illyrian populations.
   • Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, following the 1998-99 war in which Kosovar Albanians attempted to break from what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, made up of today’s Serbia and Montenegro.2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN

Noun (2)

Albanian (countable and uncountable, plural Albanians)

1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian.
   • The Albanians honored old-age in all men, death in none, accounting it vnlawfull to mention a dead man; with whom they alſo buried his wealth.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...

   Synonyms:

   Caucasian Albanian

Noun (3)

Albanian (plural Albanians)

1. (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

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