Shkodër
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Albanian Shkodër, from Illyrian *Skodra. When analyzing Skodra, it can be analyzed as *Skod-ra which would recall Proto-Indo-European *(s)ked- (“to crush, scatter”), possibly meaning "Crevice, Fork".
Proper noun
[edit]Shkodër
- A city in northwestern Albania (the country's fifth largest), located on a plain between the marshlands of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps, surrounded on three sides by the rivers Kir, Drin and Buna; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and administrative unit.
- A county of Albania.
- A municipality of the county of Shkodër, Albania.
- An administrative unit of the municipality of Shkodër in the county of Shkodër, Albania.
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[edit]city in northwestern Albania
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county of Albania
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