English Explanatory Dictionary

Pogradec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in southeastern Albania, located on a narrow plain along the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.
  2. A municipality in the county of Korçë, Albania.
  3. A municipal unit of the municipality of Pogradec in the county of Korçë, Albania.

Word forms

Pogradec

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Pogradec, probably from an Eastern South Slavic language. See Macedonian Подградец (Podgradec), an old name of the city, from под (pod, “under, below”) + град (grad, “city, town”) + -ец (-ec), which refers to the ancient Illyrian settlement located on a hill northwest of the city.

Derived words

Pogradecar Pogradecare
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