Arbëreshë
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- arbënesh (Gheg)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Arbëreshë
- The Arbëreshë; an Albanian ethnolinguistic group in Southern Italy who are the descendants of Tosk refugees that fled from Albania due to Ottoman invasion of the Balkans; they mostly inhabit villages in the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Sicily.
- The Arvanites; a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of Albanian, and who settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages.
Related terms
[edit]- arbër
- arbën (Gheg)
- αρbε̰ρ (arbër) (Arvanitic)
- Arbëria
- Arbënia (Gheg)
- arbërisht
- arbënisht (Gheg)
- αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ (arbërisht) (Arvanitic)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Arbëresh