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Albania is an independent state on the Balkan Peninsula in south-eastern Europe.
There has through history been numerous Albanian states:
Albania may also refer to:
- Caucasian Albania, or Arran, an ancient kingdom in the area of modern-day Azerbaijan
- A Latin name for Great Ireland, an unkown land once said by many Norsemen and others to be located near Vinland.
- A medieval Latinised variant of Alba, the old Gaelic name for Scotland or Great Britain
- Albania Veneta, Venetian colonial possessions on the Adriatic coast during the 15th to 18th centuries
- Several towns in different parts of Colombia:
- Albania (name)
Etymological note
"Albania" is Latin for "mountainous land". 1
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