From Middle French Albanien, from Old French Albanie, from Medieval Latin Albania, from Vulgar Latin Albanus, from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί.

• IPA: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/

Albanian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.

• French: albanais
• German: albanisch
• Italian: albanese
• Portuguese: albanês
• Russian: алба́нский
• Spanish: albanés

Albanian (plural Albanians)

1. A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.

• Albanese

• French: Albanais, Albanaise
• German: Albaner, Albanerin; Albanier, Albanierin
• Italian: albanese
• Portuguese: albanês, albanesa
• Russian: алба́нец
• Spanish: albanés, albanesa

1. The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo.
   (ISO 639 language codes: sq/sqi/alb (Albanian), als (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae (Arbëresh).)

• Albanology

• French: albanais
• German: Albanisch
• Italian: albanese
• Portuguese: albanês
• Russian: алба́нский
• Spanish: albanés

From Caucasian Albania + -ian.

• IPA: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/

Albanian (not comparable)

1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian

Albanian

1. Synonym of Caucasian Albanian
   • 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 ↗:

     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.

From Albany + -ian.

• IPA: /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/

Albanian

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

Albanian (plural Albanians)

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

From Alba + -ian.

Albanian

1. (historical, poetic or rare) Scottish, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.