Shqipe

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/14/2019, 2:25 PM	Mike C	update #106
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Albanian

Meaning & History

From Albanian shqip meaning "Albanian". Additionally, the word shqipe means "eagle" in modern Albanian, a variant of older shkabë. These interrelated words are often the subject of competing claims that the one is derived from the other. The ultimate origin of shqip "Albanian" is uncertain, but it may be from shqipoj meaning "to say clearly".