ALBANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Albania mean? 

• ALBANIA (noun)
  The noun ALBANIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula

  Familiarity information: ALBANIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALBANIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Albania; Republic of Albania

Instance hypernyms:

Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state (any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula)

Meronyms (parts of "Albania"):

Albanian capital; Tirana (the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country)

Durazzo; Durres (port city in western Albania on the Adriatic)

Epirus (an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania)

Meronyms (members of "Albania"):

Albanian (a native or inhabitant of Albania)

Holonyms ("Albania" is a part of...):

Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

A country in southeastern Europe, north of Greece, between Albania and Bulgaria.

(Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in southern Europe, bordering the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas, between Albania and Turkey.

(Greece, NCI Thesaurus)