Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Albanian names are names used in, or originating in, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and the Albanian diaspora. the following list.Thus this page here with Albanian names plus information about many of them is special. Albania was the southern part of Illyria during the Roman Empire.In the Middle Ages the Albanians were ruled by many foreign countries, including the Byzantine and Venetian Empires and during the 16th century resistance to the Ottoman Empire's rule was led by the Albanian national hero Skanderberg but his real name was Gjergj Kastrioti. Albanian (/ æ l ˈ b eɪ n i ə n /; shqip, or gjuha shqipe, [ɟ͡ʝuha ˈʃc͡çipɛ]) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and the Albanian diaspora in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. ALBAN m German, French, Albanian, English (Rare) From the Roman cognomen Albanus, which meant "from Alba".Alba (from Latin albus "white") was the name of various places within the Roman Empire, including the city Alba Longa. Websites and pages about Albanian given names are still rare on the the Internet and offer mostly only simple name lists without any information about meanings and origins, like e.g. Pages in category "Albanian-language surnames" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (). According to tradition, he sheltered a fugitive priest in his house. Albania was first established by the Progon family in 1190, with Progon, Lord of Kruja as the nation's first monarch. This article includes a list of Albanian monarchs. The Albanian nobility was an elite hereditary ruling class in Albania, parts of the western Balkans and later in parts of the Ottoman world. Albania is the name of a country in the Balkans, attested in Medieval Latin.The name has derived from the Illyrian tribe of the Albanoi and their center Albanopolis, noted by the astronomer of Alexandria, Ptolemy, in the 2nd century AD. Pages in category "Albanian male given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 232 total. This name was borne by Saint Alban, the first British martyr (4th century). Religious. (previous page) () Albanian female given names from Semitic languages‎ (1 c, 0 e) Pages in category "Albanian female given names" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (). English 6 226 000+ articles 日本語 1 247 000+ 記事 With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an independent branch within the Indo-European languages and is not closely related to any other language. The Albanian nobility was composed of landowners of vast areas, often in allegiance to states like the Byzantine Empire, various Serbian states, the Republic of Venice, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Naples in addition to the Albanian principalities. Coat of arms of Albanian Kingdom (1928–39) , Albania's last monarchy In Albania a complete name usually consists of a given name (Albanian: emri); the given name of the individual's father (Albanian: atësia), which is seldom included except in official documents; and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname (Albanian: mbiemri). Pages in category "Albanian feminine given names" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This is a list of historical and living Albanians (ethnic Albanians or people of full and partial Albanian ancestry) who are famous or notable, sorted by occupation and alphabetically. 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