Elbasan
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان.
Proper noun
Elbasan
- 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.
- A county of Albania.
- A municipality of Albania.
- A mid 18th-century alphabet created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript.
Translations
county of Albania
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان (El/İl basan, literally “the fortress”). Compare the cognate toponym Kazakh Елбасқан (Elbasqan). Replaced the ancient name Scampia.
Proper noun
Elbasan m