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The name Arvanites ("Arbanitai") originally referred to the inhabitants of that region, and then to all Albanian-speakers. The alternative name Albanians may ultimately be etymologically related, but is of less clear origin (see Albania (toponym)). It was probably conflated with that of the "Arbanitai" at some stage due to phonological similarity.
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] Linguists believe that the alb part in the root word originates from an Indo-European term for a type of mountainous topography, meaning "hill ...
Arvanitika (/ ˌ ɑːr v ə ˈ n ɪ t ɪ k ə /; [4] Arvanitika: αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ, romanized: arbërisht; Greek: αρβανίτικα, romanized: arvanítika), also known as Arvanitic, is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece.
Arvanites played a major role in the Greek War of Independence, which led them to self-identify in the Greek nation and to be largely assimilated into mainstream Greek culture. [ 17 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Although they retain their Arvanitic dialect and cultural similarities with Albanians, they refuse national connections with them and do not ...
Albanoi is the formal term for Albanians in modern Greek and until the 20th century it was used interchangeably with the term Arbanitai, which now in Greek refers exclusively to Arvanites. [15] These names reflect the Albanian endonym Arbër/n + esh which itself derives from the same root as the name of the Albanoi. [16]
In Greece they are known as Arvanites, a name that was applied to both Greeks and Albanians that immigrated from Albanian areas such as Northern Epirus during the Ottoman Empire. [3] Some Albanian-speakers of Western Thrace and Macedonia use the common Albanian self-appellation, Shqiptar when speaking their own language and refer to Albanians ...
This is a category includes a list of settlements with a historical population of Arvanites. Pages in category "Arvanite settlements" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.
The name 'Arvanitakis' (or 'Arvanitachi' in Venetian) is a nickname meaning 'little Arvanite', which dates from the days of Venetian service and was adopted in Crete in the 15th century. [1] The first member of the family to adopt the surname was Giannaris Drakos-Arvanitakis, a mercenary stradioti captain in the Republic of Venice. [2]