Vjosa

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Mouth of the Vjosa

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Vjosa or Vjosë.

Proper noun

Vjosa

  1. A river of northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
    Synonym: Aoös (Greek name from antiquity)
    • 2021, Nataša Gregorič Bon, “6: Kuçedra's Waterways: Restoring Authority and Building Vitality”, in Nataša Gregorič Bon, Smoki Musaraj, editors, Remitting, Restoring and Building Contemporary Albania, Springer, page 156:
      Although the inhabitants of the Vjosa River attributed the role of authority to the state at the level of discourse, which often resorted to political metalanguage, at the level of practice, or what is accessible through longue duree of their social organization (kinship), the inhabitants indirectly ascribed this authority to the kinship system and mythology.
    • 2022, Tammie L. Gerke, Chapter 2: The Geological and Geographical Setting of the Bonjakët Site, Jack L. Davis, Iris Pojani, Sharon R. Stocker (editors), A Sanctuary in the Hora of Illyrian Apollonia, Lockwood Press, page 29,
      The Shkumbin, Seman, and Vjosa Rivers run through this part of the coastal plain. The Shkumbin flows to the north of the Divjaka ridge, the Seman River between the Ardenica and Frakulla ridges, and the Vjosa River to the south of the Frakulla ridge.
  2. A female given name from Albanian

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