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Albanian revolt of 1911

The Albanian revolt of 1911, also called the Malësori uprising, was an anti-Ottoman revolt in the Malësia highlands of the Shkodra vilayet that ran from March to August 1911.

Albanian traditional tattooing

Albanian traditional tattooing is an old Balkan custom of pricking sun, moon, and cross motifs into the skin, documented by Edith Durham in the early twentieth century.

Albanian–Chinese split

The Albanian–Chinese split, also called the Sino-Albanian split, was the gradual deterioration of relations between Albania and China, ending the alliance when Chinese aid ceased in July 1978.

The Albanian–Soviet split was the rupture between communist Albania and the Soviet Union, driven by de-Stalinization and Albania's siding with China, culminating in the December 1961 break in relations.

Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict (1948–1954)

Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict (1948–1954): frontier incidents on the Yugoslav–Albanian border after the Tito–Stalin split, part of 8,261 Cominform-era incidents; 33 in 1948, 92 from August 1949 to June 1950, ending with 1953–1954 agreements.

Albaniana

Albaniana (Albanianis on the Peutinger map) was a Roman castellum on the Rhine limes at Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, built 40/41 under Caligula for the planned invasion of Britain, rebuilt several times, occupied until about 270-275 CE.

Albanians

Albanians (shqiptarë) are the native Balkan people of Albania and Kosovo, speakers of Albanian, a separate Indo-European branch with Gheg and Tosk dialects; first attested in the eleventh century, independent since 1912, with a large diaspora.

Albano Carrisi

Albano Carrisi, stage name Al Bano, born 1943 in Cellino San Marco, is an Italian singer of "Nel sole" and, with ex-wife Romina Power, of "Felicità"; Sanremo 1984 winner.

Albanoid languages

Albanoid (Albanic) is an Indo-European branch whose only living member is Albanian (Gheg, Tosk, Arbëresh, Arvanitika), with extinct Messapic as a proposed relative; Hamp coined the term for pre-Latin-contact Proto-Albanian.

Oct 21, 2026

Albany

Albany (Albany River), northern Ontario river, ~980 km from Lake St. Joseph to James Bay; largest Ontario watershed (137,230 km2), HBC Fort Albany fur-trade post, Albany River Provincial Park, Kashechewan ice-jam flooding.

Oct 21, 2026

Albany County, New York, United States

Albany County, New York: original county created November 1, 1683; seat Albany, state capital since 1797. 533 sq mi, 19 municipalities, population 314,848 (2020), formerly Beverwyck and Fort Orange.

Albany Medical College

Albany Medical College (AMC), founded 1839 in Albany, New York, is one of the oldest private US medical schools, part of Albany Med Health System, with ~145-student MD classes, LCME accreditation, and BS/MD programs with RPI, Union, and Siena.

Albany Post Office

The Albany Post Office, also known as the Old Albany Post Office, is a heritage-listed three-storey building in Albany, Western Australia, built by convict labor in 1868 and 1869.

Albany Road

Albany Road (2024) is an independent road film written and directed by Christine Swanson, starring Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield, self-financed by Faith Filmworks, filmed in Champaign, Illinois, and released November 15, 2024.

Albany, Georgia

Albany, Georgia, is a city in southwest Georgia and the county seat of Dougherty County, founded by Nelson Tift in 1836 as a Flint River cotton port.

Albany, New York

Albany, New York: capital city on the Hudson River, founded as Fort Orange in 1624, chartered 1686, state capital since 1797; population about 99,000, anchor of Tech Valley.

Albany, Western Australia

Albany (Kinjarling), Western Australia: oldest European settlement in WA, founded 1826 by Major Edmund Lockyer at King George Sound; Great Southern regional hub of about 42,000 people with the Port of Albany, agriculture, wine and tourism.

Albarello

An albarello is a ceramic storage jar with a concave waist, best known as the apothecary drug jar of the Islamic world and Renaissance Italy.

Albariño

Albariño, called Alvarinho in Portugal's Vinho Verde, is a white wine grape from northwest Iberia, centered on Rías Baixas, Spain; dry, high-acid, saline wines pair with seafood, with over 6,500 ha planted in Spain.

Oct 21, 2026

Albarregas Roman bridge

The Albarregas Roman bridge is a Roman bridge in Mérida, Spain, built in the late 1st century BC to carry the Vía de la Plata road.

Albasty Fossae

Albasty Fossae, a 500-km fossa (linear depression) on Venus at 9S, 336.5E, IAU-approved 1997, named for a Tartar evil spirit; one of 32 named Venusian fossae.

Albategnius (lunar crater)

Albategnius is a large Nectarian-age lunar impact crater at 11.24°S, 4.01°E near the Moon's center, 130.84 km across, with terraced walls, an off-center central peak, and the 46 km crater Klein on its west wall.

Oct 15, 2026

Albatros (offshore wind farm)

Albatros is a 112 MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, built by EnBW with 16 Siemens Gamesa turbines and fully commissioned in January 2020.

Albatross

Albatrosses (family Diomedeidae), 22 species of large oceanic seabirds including the wandering albatross with a 3.5 m wingspan; they travel up to 1,000 km daily by dynamic soaring, and 15 to 17 of 22 species are threatened, chiefly by fisheries bycatch.

Albatross (metaphor)

Albatross (metaphor): 'an albatross around one's neck' means a persistent, often self-inflicted burden of guilt or obstruction, from Coleridge's 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; first figurative print uses 1857, bare-word sense by 1936.

Albatross file

The Albatross file is a secret dossier compiled by Goh Keng Swee in the mid-1960s. Declassified in the 2020s, it now anchors a permanent National Library exhibition.

Albay

Albay is a province in the Bicol Region of southeastern Luzon, Philippines, home to Mayon Volcano. Capital-area center Legazpi City; population 1,379,398 (2024); 15 municipalities, 3 cities, 720 barangays; agriculture, tourism, cement.

Albedo

Albedo is the fraction of incident sunlight that a surface or body reflects, a unitless number from 0 to 1 that enters directly into a planet's energy balance.