Elbasan

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان.

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Elbasan

  1. 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.
  2. A county of Albania.
  3. A municipality of Albania.
  4. A mid 18th-century alphabet created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان (El/İl basan, literally the fortress). Compare the cognate toponym Kazakh Елбасқан (Elbasqan). Replaced the ancient name Scampia.

Proper noun

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Elbasan m

  1. Elbasan (a city in Albania)