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“The Albanians have hacked their way through history, sword in hand.”
“I like the Albanians much; they are not all Turks; some tribes are Christians. But their religion makes little difference in their manner or conduct. They are esteemed the best troops in the Turkish service.”
“[Albania] is a country within sight of Italy, which is less known than the interior of America.”
“A few days after our arrival in this village, Spiro Milio presented himself to Mavrocordato, with a corps of two hundred picked Chimariots, the most martial-looking men in the whole army. They are not to be distinguished from Albanians, their dress and language being perfectly similar; but though their religion is Greek, they do not understand one syllable of Greek.”
“The men who marched to Babylon, Persia and India were the ancestors of the Albanians...”
“[The Albanians] seem to be rather backward and primitive people... they can be as faithful as a dog; that is one of the traits of the primitive. Our Chuvash were the same. The Russian tsars always used them for their bodyguards.”
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Not who you're looking for? Others named Albania: country in southeastern Europe · Colombian municipality of the department of Santander · Albanian periodical published by Faik Konica from 1896-7 to · Colombian municipality of the department of Caquetá
Albania is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of La Guajira. It is the most recently formed municipality of La Guajira along with the town of Uribia, among others, created on March 19, 2000. Albania neighbours an exclusive enclosed camp site for the Cerrejón coal mine workers and their families, named Mushaisa.