Arbëresh
/ˌɑːbəˈrɛʃ/(also Arberesh, Arbëreshë, Arbresh)
noun
A member of an Albanian-speaking people inhabiting parts of southern Italy and Sicily, descended from emigrants from Albania in the Middle Ages.
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating the Arbëresh or their language.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From Albanian arbëresh, variant (with rhotacism) of arbënesh from †Arbën Albania + -esh, suffix denoting an inhabitant of a place (cognate with or borrowed from classical Latin -ēnsis).