Albanite

/ˈælbəˌnaɪt/ noun

Definition

A person from Alba or Alban; an inhabitant of ancient Alba or its territories.

Etymology

From Alba plus the suffix -ite, a common English way to name people from a place. The -ite suffix became especially popular in English during the 19th century for creating ethnonyms.

Kelly Says

The suffix -ite is used so consistently—New Yorkers call themselves that, Londoners use it, minerals get it too—that it's become almost invisible, but it reveals how English systematizes the naming of things!

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