Arbëreshë

English

Proper noun

Arbëreshë

  1. A minority ethnolinguistic group of Albanian descent living in Italy.

Derived terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • arbënesh (Gheg)

Etymology

See arbër, arbën.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Arbëreshë

  1. The ; 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.

Descendants

  • → English: Arbëresh
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