Gjirokastër

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Albanian Gjirokastër, from Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

Proper noun[edit]

Gjirokastër

A city in southern Albania, located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
A county of Albania.
A municipality of Albania.

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

city in southern Albania

Albanian: Gjirokastër f (indefinite), Gjirokastra (sq) f (definite)
Armenian: Գիրոկաստրա (Girokastra)
Aromanian: Iurucast f (indefinite), Iurucasta f (definite)
Bulgarian: Аргирокастро m (Argirokastro)
Greek: Αργυρόκαστρο m (Argyrókastro)
Italian: Argirocastro f
Korean: 지로카스터르 (jirokaseuteoreu)
Macedonian: Ѓирокастро m (Ǵirokastro)
Russian: Гирока́стра (ru) f (Girokástra)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ђирокастра f

Roman: Đirokastra f
Turkish: Ergiri, Ergirikasrı

county of Albania

Albanian: Qarku i Gjirokastrës m (definite)

Further reading[edit]

Gjirokastër on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɟ͡ʝiɾɔˈkastəɾ/

Proper noun[edit]

Gjirokastër f (definite Gjirokastra)

Gjirokastër (a city in southern Albania)

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