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A. H. Almaas (/ ˈ ɑː l m ə s / AHL-məss) is the pen name of A. Hameed Ali (born 1944), an American writer and spiritual teacher who writes about and teaches an approach to spiritual development informed by modern psychology and therapy which he calls the Diamond Approach. "Almaas" is the Arabic word for "diamond". Almaas is originally from ...
This is a list of Albanian inventors and discoverers. The following incomplete list comprises individuals from Albania, the Albanian diaspora, and those of predominantly Albanian heritage who have contributed to inventions or discoveries, working locally or abroad. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
Albanian Encyclopedic Dictionary (Albanian: Fjalori Enciklopedik Shqiptar): published by Academy of Sciences of Albania; First Edition (1985; FESH) New Edition (2008/09; Botimi i ri, FESH II) Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Albanian edition, 1984): the first encyclopedia published in Albanian; Albanian Wikipedia (Wikipedia shqip)
The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms.The native endonym is Shqiptar.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]
[4] [5] Johann Georg von Hahn (1854) was the first to derive the term Shqiptar from the Albanian verbs shqipoj ("to speak clearly") and shqiptoj ("to speak out, pronounce"), [6] while Gustav Meyer (1891) was the first to derive shqipoj from the Latin verb excipere, denoting people who speak the same language, [6] similar to the ethno-linguistic ...
Middle English † – Englisch, English, Inglis Formerly spoken in: the British Isles; Middle French † – françois, franceis Formerly spoken in: France; Middle High German † – diutsch, tiutsch Formerly spoken in: Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland; Middle Irish † – Gaoidhealg Formerly spoken in: Ireland, Scotland and the ...
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They were granted the right to reside on monastic land and receive subsidies from monastic resources, including ownership of the Albanian Tower and additional properties within the monastery. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In Gjon's honor, the Saint George Tower at the Hilandar Monastery became known as the Albanian Tower (Arbanaski pirg) .