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tepelenë

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
te-pe-lene
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city in southern Albania, located on a plateau on the left bank of the river Vjosa about three kilometres downstream from its confluence with the river Drino; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and the former seat of its now defunct eponymous district.

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A municipality of the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.

name

An administrative unit of the municipality of Tepelenë in the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.

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A now defunct district of Albania.

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تپه دلن (Tepedelen), the name of the city during Ottoman era. Alternatively from Albanian Tepe e Lenës or Illyrian *Antibylyne.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Tepelenë, تپه دلن, Tepe e Lenës, *Antibylyne

Questions

What does tepelenë mean?
A city in southern Albania, located on a plateau on the left bank of the river Vjosa about three kilometres downstream from its confluence with the river Drino; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and the former seat of its now defunct eponymous district.
Where does tepelenë come from?
Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تپه دلن (Tepedelen), the name of the city during Ottoman era. Alternatively from Albanian Tepe e Lenës or Illyrian *Antibylyne.

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