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Type Region & Country
Usage Late Roman, English, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Indonesian, Malay
Pronounced Pron. /æl.ˈbeɪ.ni.ə/(English) /al.ˈβa.nja/(Spanish) /al.ba.ˈni.a/(Italian) /ɑl.ˈbɑ.njɑ/(Norwegian) /ˈɑl.bɑː.ni.ɑ/(Finnish) /al.ˈba.ɲja/(Polish) /al.ˈba.nia̯/(Indonesian)
Meaning & History
Medieval Latin name for the region that was once occupied by the Illyrian tribe called Albanoi. This is the name of a country in the Balkans.