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gjirokastër

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gjirokaster
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

A county of Albania.

name

A municipality of Albania.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does gjirokastër mean?
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.
Where does gjirokastër come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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