Mumbai

Mumbai, Bombay (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)


Fier

Fieri (definite)
Fier (indefinite nominative singular)
Fieri (definite nominative singular)
Fier (accusative indefinite singular)
Fierin (accusative definite singular)
Fieri (indefinite singular)
Fierit (definite singular)

From fier (“fern”). Alternatively borrowed from Italian fiera (“trade fair”) due to the arrival of Venetian merchants during the Renaissance.


Medina

Medina (the capital city of the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam)


Elbasan

From Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان (El/İl basan, literally “the fortress”). Compare the cognate toponym Kazakh Елбасқан (Elbasqan). Replaced the ancient name Scampia.


Gjirokastër

/ɟ͡ʝiɾɔˈkastəɾ/

From Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

der

Αργυρόκαστρον

Gjirokastër (a city in southern Albania)


Gjibraltari

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


qytet

sq-noun

qytet m (plural qytete, definite qyteti, definite plural qytetet)

qytete (plural)
qyteti (definite)
qytetet (definite plural)
qytet (indefinite nominative singular)
qyteti (definite nominative singular)
qytete (indefinite nominative plural)
qytetet (definite nominative plural)
qytet (accusative indefinite singular)
qytetin (accusative definite singular)
qytete (accusative indefinite plural)
qytetet (accusative definite plural)
qyteti (dative indefinite singular)
qytetit (dative definite singular)
qyteteve (dative indefinite plural)
qyteteve (dative definite plural)
qyteti (ablative indefinite singular)
qytetit (ablative definite singular)
qytetesh (ablative indefinite plural)
qyteteve (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cīvitātem, with loss of the -v-. Compare Romanian cetate.


Durrës

Durrësi (definite)
Durrës (indefinite nominative singular)
Durrësi (definite nominative singular)
Durrës (accusative indefinite singular)
Durrësin (accusative definite singular)
Durrësi (indefinite singular)
Durrësit (definite singular)

From Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). The modern Albanian pronunciation is derived from either the Latin or Greek source. However, the modern Albanian form, including the Italian form, derive through intermediate palatalized antecedent form as Latin Durratio, attested in the early centuries AD. The presevation of Old Doric Greek /u/ indicates the modern name derives from populations to whom the toponym was known in its original Doric pronunciation. The modern Albanian name evolved independently from the parent language of Albanian around the same period of the post-Roman era in the first centuries AD, observable through the differences in stress in the two toponyms (first syllable in Albanian, second in Italian) highlights.
In English usage, the Italian borrowing Durazzo used to be widespread, but the local Albanian borrowing Durrës has gradually replaced it in recent decades.


Prishtina

Uncertain. Multiple theories exist:
* Hamp connected the word with an Indo-European derivative *pṛ-tu- (ford) + *stein (cognate to English stone) which in Proto-Albanian, spoken in the region before the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan (1st-2nd century CE) produced Pristina. Thus the name in the pre-Slavic migrations era would mean in the local Albanian variety "ford-stone"
* Ernst Eichler suggests a connection with the Emperor Primus Justinianus who is thought to have built the town of Pristina. He sees the term Pristina as a composition of his name.
* Possibly derived from dialectal Proto-Slavic *pryščina (“spring of water”), from *pryskati (“to splash, to spray”). Alternatively, possibly derived from Proto-Slavic *Prišьčь (“of Prishek”) (compare Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian Prišek, a surname, and Old Polish Parzyszek, a personal name) + derivational suffix *-ina. According to Aleksandar Loma, Snoj's etymology would presuppose a rare and relatively late word formation process. According to Loma, the name of the city could be derived from the Proto-Slavic dialectal word *pryščina, meaning "spring (of water)", which is also attested in the Moravian dialects of Czech; it is derived from the verb *pryskati, meaning "to splash" or "to spray" (prskati in modern Serbian).

bor

(definite) Pristina, Prishtina (the capital city of Kosovo; district of Kosovo; municipality of Kosovo)


Berlini

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)


Moskë

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Kalkuta

Kolkata, Calcutta (a city in West Bengal, India)


Shkup

Unclear. See shqip and shqiptar. Others derive it from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”)
Petar Skok suggested that this word is originated from Scupi (Shkupi), the capital of the Roman province of Dardania (today's Skopje). According to Petar Skok, the Albanian demonym Shkuptar (as in inhabitant of Skopje) changed to Shkiptar, which is still used among Arvanite Albanians in Greece, and later to Shqiptar.


Tiranë

Tirana (definite)
Tiranë (indefinite nominative singular)
Tirana (definite nominative singular)
Tiranë (accusative indefinite singular)
Tiranën (accusative definite singular)
Tirane (indefinite singular)
Tiranës (definite singular)

→ Aromanian: Tiranã, Tirane

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Tiranë, Tirana

From older Terrana (in Latin sources), from Proto-Albanian *Tūrsanā, either reflecting or possibly from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoí)/Τυρσανοί (Tursanoí), an epithet used to denote the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea (cf. Latin Mare Tyrrhēnum). see toskë, another ethnonym derived from Etruscans.

Tirana (the capital and largest city of Albania)


Aleksandri

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia).


Stamboll

Istanbul (a city and province of Turkey)


Besiana

A feminized personal name based on the besë.
It is considered an ancient Albanian name as it is documented in Procopius' list of restored cities that were rebuilt in Dardania, close to Petrizen, in his 560 A. D. work of the buildings of Justinian.


Peja

English Peja

The fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.


Nish

Nishi (definite)
Nish (indefinite nominative singular)
Nishi (definite nominative singular)
Nish (accusative indefinite singular)
Nishin (accusative definite singular)
Nishi (indefinite singular)
Nishit (definite singular)

→ Serbo-Croatian: Ниш (Niš)


Ballsh

Ballshi (definite)
Ballsh (indefinite nominative singular)
Ballshi (definite nominative singular)
Ballsh (accusative indefinite singular)
Ballshin (accusative definite singular)
Ballshi (indefinite singular)
Ballshit (definite singular)

Its name evolved from the name of the ancient town Ancient Greek Βύλλις (Búllis), ultimately from Illyrian. Located in proximity of Ballsh. Church sources report the variants Byllis, Bellis, Ballis and Vallis.


Lipjan

From Latin Ulpiāna, from Ulpius, the nomen gentilicium of Trajan + -ānus. Selami Pulaha states that the shift from Ulpiana to Lipjan is in accordance with early Albanian phonetic rules, and must therefore have been inhabited by Albanians to reach its current form. It has also been connected with the Albanian term ujk ("wolf") (Old and Dialectal Albanian: "ulk") and the name of the city of Ulqin probably delivers from the same variation.


Shtip

>? Macedonian: Штип (Štip)


Athinë

Athina (definite)
Athinë (indefinite nominative singular)
Athina (definite nominative singular)
Athinë (accusative indefinite singular)
Athinën (accusative definite singular)
Athine (indefinite singular)
Athinës (definite singular)


Krujë

Kruja (definite)
Krujë (indefinite nominative singular)
Kruja (definite nominative singular)
Krujë (accusative indefinite singular)
Krujën (accusative definite singular)
Kruje (indefinite singular)
Krujës (definite singular)

From krua (“spring, stream”), from Proto-Albanian *krāna < *krasna, from Proto-Indo-European *kres-.


Dibër

Díbra (definite)
Dibër (indefinite nominative singular)
Dibra (definite nominative singular)
Dibër (accusative indefinite singular)
Dibrën (accusative definite singular)
Dibre (indefinite singular)
Dibrës (definite singular)

Possibly from or related to Latin Deborus. Known in Ancient Greek Δήβορος (Dḗboros).


Kavajë

Kavája (definite)
Kavajë (indefinite nominative singular)
Kavaja (definite nominative singular)
Kavajë (accusative indefinite singular)
Kavajën (accusative definite singular)
Kavaje (indefinite singular)
Kavajës (definite singular)

According to Elsie, probably related to kavall (“flute”), i.e. flute-shaped river, or to Italian cavallo (“horse”).

A city and municipality in the county of Tirana, Albania