English Explanatory Dictionary

Durrës

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.
  2. A Catholic archiepiscopal see since 1300, which lost its metropolitan status and was merged into one archbishopric with the Albanian capital Tirana (where the cathedral now is).
  3. An Orthodox archbishopric.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʊɹəs/

Word forms

Durrës Durres

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Durrës, from Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Doublet of Dyrrhachium and Durazzo.

Synonyms

Durazzo Dyrrhachium
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