English Explanatory Dictionary

Tepelenë

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in southern Albania, located on a plateau on the left bank of the river Vjosa about three kilometres downstream from its confluence with the river Drino; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and the former seat of its now defunct eponymous district.
  2. A municipality of the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.
  3. An administrative unit of the municipality of Tepelenë in the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.
  4. A now defunct district of Albania.

Word forms

Tepelenë

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تپه دلن (Tepedelen), the name of the city during Ottoman era. Alternatively from Albanian Tepe e Lenës or Illyrian *Antibylyne.

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