The names of Albania mean the land of eagles

The names Albania, Illirea and Arnavud seems to have meant the land of eagles in the Indo-European languages:

In Indo-Iranian-Sarmatian (former Serbian):

Ale: eagle

bania (vania): area

In European:

illir: eagle

ia: area

In Scottish Gaelic, the word for an eagle is iolair (pronounced ee-lur).

or

illi: eagle, wing (aile)

irea: eyrie:

An eyrie (a variant of aerie) is a bird nest of an eagle, falcon, hawk, or other bird of prey.

aerie (n.):

"eagle's nest," 1580s (attested in Anglo-Latin from early 13c.), from Old French aire "nest," Medieval Latin area "nest of a bird of prey" (12c.), perhaps from Latin area.

In the Albanian language, the country is called Shqipëria, which directly translates to "Land of the Eagles".

foundational Illyrian legend tells of a young man who rescued an eaglet from a venomous snake. The grateful mother eagle bestowed upon him her strength and sharp eyes. He went on to become an invincible king, founding a kingdom that became known as Shqipëria (Land of the Eagles).

The eagle is a sacred, totemic symbol in the culture of the ancient Illyrians.

Divine Connection:

Archaeological artifacts, such as 6th-century BCE plaques from the Lake Shkodra region, depict eagles alongside solar and celestial deities, suggesting the bird was a powerful mythological protector.

Symbol of Kings:

King Pyrrhus of Epirus (an ancient region overlapping Illyria and Greece) was famously named "The Eagle" by his soldiers.

Albanopolis (the white city or the mountainous city) is another category:

This connection is further supported by the writings of the Ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy during the 2nd century AD, where he included the settlement of Albanopolis situated to the northeast of Durrës.

Albanopolis (in the sense of the mountainous city) could be Tirkan (next to the mountains, Tirana).

Arnavud:Arnaut (Ottoman Turkish: ارناود) is a Turkish ethnonym used to denote Albanians. Arvanid (اروانيد), Arnavud (آرناوود), plural: Arnavudlar (آرناوودلر): modern Turkish: Arnavut:

"Arne" is a traditional masculine given name of Old Norse and Germanic origin, and it directly translates to eagle.

avid (adj.)

"eager; greedy," 1769, from French avide (15c.), from Latin avidus "longing eagerly, desirous, greedy," from avere "to desire eagerly".