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    Reconciliation Movement in 1990 a.k.a. (Verrat e Lukes, allegiance, To you I forgave thee blood, Kosovo), was an Albanian all-national movement for blood...
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    Albanian blood feud (category Honor killing in Europe)
    the equivalent cultural practice among South Slavic peoples Reconciliation Movement in 1990 Sippenhaft - similar practices among Germans Gjarpinjt e gjakut [sq]...
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    Mazarech and Masarachi, were a historical Albanian tribe in medieval Epirus and Thessaly. They appear in historical records as one of the Albanian tribes which...
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    Tuzi (category Populated places in Tuzi Municipality)
    (Montenegrin: Tuzi/Тузи, pronounced [tǔːzi]; Albanian: Tuz or Tuzi) is a small town in the central region of Montenegro, and the seat of Tuzi Municipality. It is...
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    in the southeastern Highlands of Gjakova. The surname derived from the tribe is found throughout Albania and Kosovo. The Bytyçi tribe are situated in...
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    origin. Today, their name is preserved in local Serbian legends and myths, while their name is sometimes used in Montenegro as derogative. Milan Šufflay...
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    Illyrian times, kept alive in the mountainous areas of the western Balkans. Traditional tattooing has also been practiced by Catholics in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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    Gruemira) is a small historical Albanian tribe (fis) in the former municipality of Gruemirë in the region of Malësia. Historical and linguistic understanding...
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    northern Albanian tribes, living in North Albania up to 20th century. Edith Durham, the person who visited them in the beginning of 20th century described...
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    Kelmendi (tribe) (category Historical regions in Albania)
    radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990 (in Serbo-Croatian), OCLC 29549273 Stanojević & Vasić 1975, p. 98. Shkurtaj...
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    Thaçi (tribe) (category Articles lacking in-text citations from September 2022)
    tribe (fis) and region in Pukë, Northern Albania. The ancestors of the Thaçi tribe are said to have migrated from Muriqan in Ana Malit. The Thaçi are...
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    (alternatively, Krytha, Krythi and later Kruta; in Latin: Crutta) was an Albanian tribe (bashkësi) of the Middle Ages in the coastal areas of northern Albania and...
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    Mirdita (category Historical regions in Albania)
    between the Drin and Mat rivers in the west; the river Mat and region of Mat in the south and the area of the Black Drin river in the east. The traditional...
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    (fis) and ethnographic region located on the northern banks of the River Drin in northern Albania. The etymology of Toplana is unclear and a matter of contestation...
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    Balkan sworn virgins (category Gender in Albania)
    Balkan sworn virgins (in Albanian: burrnesha; in Bosnian: tobelija) are a traditional gender variant or third gender social role in certain Balkan cultures...
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    and historical tribal region in southeastern Montenegro, just north of Lake Skadar, which includes the small town of Tuzi, in Podgorica. It is inhabited...
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    'Marturi' in an ecclesiastical report in 1629. It was placed under the dominion of the Zotni of Pukë (zotni meaning 'lord' in Albanian) in around 1630. In 1881...
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    been periodically mentioned in historical sources, geographical and ethnological literature. As other pre-Slavic tribes in the region, they eventually...
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    86694°E / 40.23667; 19.86694 Kurvelesh is a region in southern Albania, within the Southern Mountain Range. In the region, which is divided into the communes...
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    Myzeqe (category Historical regions in Albania)
    the communist regime in Myzeqeja although industrial decay began after the collapse of the Albanian communist regime between 1990-1992. Presently the Myzeqe...
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    historical Albanian tribe (fis) and region in Pult of north Albania. The Plani tribe is not a traditional fis in the sense of a community that claims paternal...
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  • Jonimorum in Kurbini, and Gjon Muzaka in 1510 mentions Guonyms in Kurbini; Gionami, Gionemi or Gionimi are also recorded in 1640 and 1671, also in Kurbini...
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    The Rrjolli is a historical Albanian tribe (fis) and region in Malësia of north Albania. The tribal region is centred along the banks of the Rrjoll river...
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    Koja e Kuçit (category Historical regions in Albania)
    Koja e Kuçit (Koja of Kuçi) is a historical Albanian tribe and region in Malësia. Koja is a Catholic region located between Triepshi and Kuči. The people...
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    first attested surname of the family in various forms is Ar(i)aniti, which was also used as a personal name. In documents contemporary to its members...
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    Malonšići (in older forms: Malončići and Malonjšiki, Cyrillic: Малоншићи) was a historical tribe (pleme) of Albanian origin and area in the Brda region...
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    Macedonian: Дебар, Debar; Turkish: Debre) is a section of the Drin valley in the border region between North Macedonia and Albania. The high-altitude valley...
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  • 1304–1460), were an Albanian noble family. They governed territories in Epirus and were centred in Gjirokastër. Gjon Zenebishi was one of the most notable members...
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    Volume 2. the University of California. 1965. p. 17. Kollias 1990, pp. 208–209 Kollias 1990, p. 208-209. Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza (1983). Dictionnaire historique...
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    Pukë (category Municipalities in Shkodër County)
    Pukë (Albanian definite form: Puka) is a town and municipality in northern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of...
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