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Summary Of: Albanians
This article is about Albanians as an ethnic group... Albanians are the descendants of a... ethnonym applied to the people now known as Albanians is first attested from the 11th century... A tenuous breakdown of Albanians by location is as follows... Approximately 8 million Albanians are to be found within the Balkan peninsula with only about half this number residing... There are an estimated 1 million Albanians in Greece in 2008... Tosk Albanians wearing traditional costumes from southern Albania... Tosk Albanians wearing traditional costumes from southern Albania... Tosk Albanians wearing traditional costumes from southern Albania... 3 million Albanians living in Turkey... The history of Albanians in Turkey began during the Ottoman Wars... to the pressure by the Turkish government the Albanians consider themselves Turkish rather than Albanian... in areas where the Albanians form a majority... Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia... Most of the Muslim Albanians in Albania are... of ethnic Albanians in the Republic of... Jewish community were saved by a group of Albanians during the Nazi occupation... The Albanians are and have been referred to by other terms as well... the old native term denoting ancient and medieval Albanians and sharing the same root with the latter... This term is still used for the Albanians that migrated to Italy during the Middle Ages... from Byzantine times have also called and registered Albanians with the following names... from Venetian and other European authors to denote Albanians of Catholic faith mainly in the Northern regions up to the 19th century... 20th century by other European authors to denote Albanians of Orthodox faith in the Southern regions... used by authors to denote Albanians of Orthodox faith in the Northern regions up to the 19th century... and embraced by other European authors to denote Albanians of Muslim faith... Prominent Albanians have included the defender of Albania during the mid... Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia... Albanians in Serbia proper... Albanians in the Balkans... Encyclodia Page On: Albanians
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