Fier

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

A city and municipality in southwestern Albania, located east of the Adriatic Sea on the river Gjanica, just south of its confluence with the river Seman; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Elbasan

Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان.

The fourth largest city in Albania, located in the center of the country on the river Shkumbin; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Gjirokastër

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

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Αργυρόκαστρον

A city in southern Albania, located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Tiranë

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «Tiranë».ogg

From Albanian Tiranë, from older Terrana (in Latin sources), from Proto-Albanian *Tūrsanā, possibly Ancient Greek Τυρσηνοί (Tursēnoí), Τυρσανοί (Tursanoí), an epithet used to denote the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea (cf. Latin Mare Tyrrhēnum).

nb:Tiranë (distrikt)
nb:Tiranë (prefektur)

Tiranë er et av Albanias tolv prefekturer.
Tiranë is one of Albania's twelve prefectures /counties.

Tirana (a county of Central Albania, Albania)


Shkodër

From Albanian Shkodër, from Illyrian *Skodra. When analyzing Skodra, it can be analyzed as *Skod-ra which would recall Proto-Indo-European *(s)ked- (“to crush, scatter”), possibly meaning "Crevice, Fork".

A city in northwestern Albania (the country's fifth largest), located on a plain between the marshlands of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps, surrounded on three sides by the rivers Kir, Drin and Buna; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and administrative unit.


Korçë

Borrowed from Albanian Korçë, from a South Slavic language. See the archaic Bulgarian word горица (gorica, “little mountain”), which could refer to the mountain of Morava as the city was under Bulgarian rule during the Middle Ages.

A city in southeastern Albania, located on a plateau west of the mountain of Morava; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Vlorë

Borrowed from Albanian Vlorë, from Ancient Greek Αυλών (Aulṓn), the name given to the city by its settlers in the 6th century BC.

The third largest city in Albania, located on the Bay of Vlorë and the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains at the Strait of Otranto; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.


Kukës

A city in northeastern Albania, located in the north of the Luma between the rivers Black Drin and White Drin just upstream from their confluence into the river Drin; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.


Berat

Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish برات (Berat), from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Belgorod.

doublet

A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.


Lezhë

Borrowed from Albanian Lezhë, through phonetic shifts from Latin Lissus, from Ancient Greek Λίσσος (Líssos).

A growing town in northwestern Albania, located 5-6 km southeast of Shëngjin slightly northeast of the southern mouth of the river Drin (Small Drin), which passes through the town; the town is best known for being one of the former centres of the Illyrian kingdom and for its typically Illyrian fortification walls; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.


Dibër

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

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