Arbëreshë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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See arbër, arbën.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɾ.bəˈɾɛ.ʃə/, [äɹ.bɜˈɽɛʃ]

Noun

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Arbëreshë

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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Descendants

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  • English: Arbëresh