"Ἀλβανία" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /al.ba.ní.aː/, /al.βaˈni.a/, /al.vaˈni.a/, /al.ba.ní.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /al.baˈni.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /al.βaˈni.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /al.vaˈni.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /al.vaˈni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Ἀλβᾰνός (Albanós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Ἀλβᾰνός|-ῐ́ᾱ}} Ἀλβᾰνός (Albanós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ|Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Albaníā) f (genitive Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς|form=S}} Forms: Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ [canonical], Albaníā [romanization], Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative]
  1. Caucasian Albania (an ancient region and former kingdom in Western Asia, south of the Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea) Categories (place): Historical and traditional regions, Historical polities

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