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ALBANIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Albanian" is a kind of...):

Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Albanian"):

Gheg; Gheg dialect (the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia)

Tosk; Tosk dialect (the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy)

Derivation:

Albanian (of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Albania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Albanian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Albanian" is a member of...):

Albania; Republic of Albania (a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula)

Derivation:

Albanian (of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Albania (a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula)

Derivation:

Albania (a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula)

Albanian (the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania)

Albanian (a native or inhabitant of Albania)

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