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Albanian
Etymology
Compare Romanian prigorie (“bee-eater”). Likely contaminated by gorgë (“cave, pit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
peligorgë f (plural peligorga)
- bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
- Synonym: bregcë
References
- “peligórg/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1396a
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 81
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pelë […] -gorkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 359a