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Names of the Albanians and Albania - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Arbënesh/Arbëresh (Albanian) Arbanasi. Arvanites. Arnaut/Arnavut. Albanese. Epirot. Shqiptar. See also. References. Citations. Sources. Names of the Albanians and Albania. Part of a series on. Albanians. By country. Native. Albania. Kosovo. Croatia. Greece. Italy. Montenegro.
The Albanians ( Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania ( Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms. The native endonym is Shqiptar. The name "Albanians" Latin: Albanenses/Arbanenses) was used in medieval Greek and Latin documents that gradually entered European languages from which other similar derivative names emerged.
The ethnic name Albanian was used by Latin and Byzantine sources in the forms arb-and alb-since at least the 2nd century A.D, and eventually in Old Albanian texts as an endonym.
4 days ago · Albanians refer to themselves as shqiptarë —often taken to mean “sons of eagles,” though it may well refer to “those associated with the shqip (i.e., Albanian) language”—and to their country as Shqipëria.
The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms.
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The genesis of Albanian nationality apparently occurred at this time as the Albanian people became aware that they shared a common territory, name, language, and cultural heritage. (The Albanians’ own name for their land, Shqipëria, is believed to have supplanted the name Albania during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Albanians comprise two major subgroups: Gegs (Ghegs) and Tosks. Religions: Islam, Christianity. Currency: lek. Albania may be divided into two major regions: a mountainous highland and, to the west, an Adriatic coastal lowland that contains the country’s agricultural lands and most of its population.
