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She was born in Greece into a noble family: her father was a Latin knight named Michael and her mother was Albanian. Her name was Theodolinde Trasci. After she became a nun in Constantinople, she changed it into Laura, eventually rising to become an abbess. She was martyred by the Ottoman Turks who took Constantinople on 29 May 1453.
Aureta Thomollari – Albanian-American luxury consultant; Sislej Xhafa – contemporary artist; Unikkatil – Albanian-American rapper; Melinda Ademi – Kosovo-Albanian and American rapper and singer [8] Enisa Nikaj – American singer-songwriter, model [9] [10] Anxhelina Hadërgjonaj – Albanian-American singer, fashion blogger and ...
Pages in category "Albanian masculine given names" The following 162 pages are in this category, out of 162 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Albanian names are names that are used by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, or the diaspora.In Albania, a full name usually consists of a given name (Albanian: emri); the given name of the individual's father (patronymic, Albanian: atësia), which is seldom included except in official documents; and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname (Albanian ...
Some common names are Northern Albanian clan names that double as place names such as Kelmendi and Shkreli. Other notable clan-origin names include Berisha, Krasniqi and Gashi. These sorts of names are very common in far Northern Albania and in Kosovo. Colors: of which Kuqi (red) and Bardhi (white) are the most commonly used as surnames.
The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms.The native endonym is Shqiptar.The name "Albanians" (Latin: Albanenses/Arbanenses) was used in medieval Greek and Latin documents that gradually entered European languages from which other similar derivative names emerged. [1]
Hadji Alia – Albanian pirate lord [21] [22] Theodore Bua – Albanian captain of stradioti regiments of the Republic of Venice; Demetrio Reres – Calabrian nobleman [23] Graitzas Palaiologos – Commander of the Byzantine garrison; Gjon Markagjoni – Albanian Catholic clan chieftain; Khoja Zufar – Captain, governor, merchant and General ...
Giuseppe Schirò – Poet, linguist, publicist, folklorist and Albanian patriot, among the most representative figures of the Arbëreshë literature of the 19th century [20] Gabriele Dara – Politician and poet, regarded as one of the early writers of the Albanian National Awakening. Leonardo Lala – Italian writer