FromἈλβᾰνός(Albănós) +‎-ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā). Related toOld ArmenianԱղուանք(Ałuankʻ,“Aghvank,Caucasian Albania”). Unrelated toAlbania in the Balkans, which comes fromἌρβανον(Árbanon,“Arbanon”).

Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ• (Albănĭ́ā) f (genitiveἈλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς);first declension

1. Caucasian Albania (anancientregion and formerkingdom inWest Asia, south of theCaucasus mountains, east ofArmenia and west of theCaspian Sea)
   • 64BCE – 24CE,Strabo,Geographica 11.14.1:

     Πολλοὶ δ’ αὐλῶνες οἱ μὲν μέσως οἱ δὲ καὶ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονες. Καθάπερ τὸ Ἀραξηνὸν πεδίον, δι’ οὗ ὁ Ἀράξης ποταμὸς ῥέων εἰς τὰ ἄκρα τῆςἈλβανίας καὶ τὴν Κασπίαν ἐκπίπτει θάλατταν. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡ Σακασηνὴ καὶ αὐτὴ τῇἈλβανίᾳ πρόσχωρος καὶ τῷ Κύρῳ ποταμῷ.

     Polloì d’ aulônes hoi mèn mésōs hoi dè kaì sphódra eudaímones. Katháper tò Araxēnòn pedíon, di’ hoû ho Aráxēs potamòs rhéōn eis tà ákra têsAlbanías kaì tḕn Kaspían ekpíptei thálattan. Kaì metà taûta hē Sakasēnḕ kaì autḕ tēîAlbaníāi próskhōros kaì tōî Kúrōi potamōî.

     There are also many valleys, some rather fertile, and some very much so. For example, there is the Araxenian Plain, through which flows the Araxes River to the extremities ofAlbania and empties into the Caspian Sea. Next is the Sacasene, which borders onAlbania and the Cyrus River.

• Ἀλβανία in theDiccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

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