Berat
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish برات (Berat), from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Belgorod.
Proper noun
Berat
- A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
- A county of Albania.
- A municipality of the county of Berat, Albania.
- A municipal unit of the municipality of Berat in the county of Berat, Albania
Synonyms
- (city): the city of a thousand windows (colloquial)
Related terms
Translations
city in south-central Albania
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county of Albania
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