单词 | arvanite |
释义 | Arvaniten. Originally (in the Ottoman Empire (esp. among Greek-speakers)): an Albanian (now historical). Subsequently: spec. a member or descendant of an Albanian-speaking people inhabiting parts of Greece, descended from emigrants from Albania in the Middle Ages. Also occasionally: the Albanian dialect of this people; = Arvanitika n.The Arvanites are traditionally Orthodox Christians, and are largely assimilated to ethnic Greek culture. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Albania > [noun] Albanese1562 Albanian?1569 Shqipetar1827 Arvanite1828 1828 London Mag. May 187 The Albanians call their country Skip, and themselves Skipitar. The name of Arnauts or Arvanites, which the Turks have given them, is of Greek origin. 1849 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 46 310 They [sc. the Albanians] are called Arvaniti by the Greeks, and Arnaout by the Turks. 1919 Handbk. of Greece (Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty) I. iv. 75 A most important element in the population of Greece is formed by the Albanians, called Arvánites by the Greeks, Shkypetars or Skipetars (i.e. Highlanders) by themselves. 1977 P. Trudgill & G. A. Tzavaras in H. Giles Lang., Ethnicity & Intergroup Relations 182 Modern Albanian-Greeks..perceive themselves as being both Greeks and Arvanites, and not as Albanians. 1995 Guardian 24 Aug. i. 13/2 According to the Greek Embassy, there are no minority languages in Greece, apart from Turkish. This may come as a surprise to the country's 400,000 speakers of Arvanite, Aroumanian, Slav-Macedonian and Pomak. 1998 D. Gefou-Madianou & I. Toundassaki (title) The Arvanites of Greece. 2006 C. Waldman & C. Mason Encycl. European Peoples I. 39/1 Greece ultimately adopted a policy of Hellenization with regard to Arvanites. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1828 |
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