Albanus

Etymology
. Suggested as derived from a Western European root found in various place names, perhaps also the source of, and/or from a  root  (see ), or from ,  (whence also ). .

It is believed that they are related to the modern nation of the Albanians. While it has been identified with the Zgërdhesh hill-fort near Krujë in northern Albania, scholars believe the Illyrian settlement was abandoned in the 2nd century BC, when the inhabitants moved to Durrës and Lezhë.

Possibly related to from, from ; compare

Noun

 * 1) Albanian (Balkan Albania, Caucasian Albania and Scotland)
 * 2) * 1815, Joannis Severinus Vaterus, Linguarum totius orbis Index alphabeticus, quarum Grammaticae, Lexica, collectiones vocabulorum recensentur, patria significatur, historia adumbratur, Berolini, p. 10:
 * "la"

- Albani in orientali parte Illyriae veteris et Epiri passimque in Dalmatia, Bulgaria, Romania vivunt.

Proper noun



 * , now probably the
 * , now probably the