English Explanatory Dictionary

Vlorë

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.
  2. A county of Albania.
  3. A municipality in the county of Vlorë, Albania.
  4. A municipal unit of the municipality of Vlorë in the county of Vlorë, Albania.

Word forms

Vlorë

Etymology

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

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