English Explanatory Dictionary

Elbasan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.
  2. A county of Albania.
  3. A municipality of Albania.
  4. A mid 18th-century alphabet created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript.

Word forms

Elbasan

Etymology

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

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