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durrës

/ˈdʊɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dur-res
IPA
/ˈdʊɹəs/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.

name

A Catholic archiepiscopal see since 1300, which lost its metropolitan status and was merged into one archbishopric with the Albanian capital Tirana (where the cathedral now is).

name

An Orthodox archbishopric.

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Durrës, from Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Doublet of Dyrrhachium and Durazzo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Durres (alternative)

Synonyms

Durazzo Dyrrhachium

Questions

How do you pronounce durrës?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʊɹəs/.
What does durrës mean?
An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.
Where does durrës come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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