Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bajram curri

/baɪˈɹɑm tsu.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ba-jram cur-ri
IPA
/baɪˈɹɑm tsu.ɹi/
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in northeastern Albania, located within the Valbona valley just west of the river Valbona on the edge of the Albanian Alps.

name

A municipal unit of the municipality of Tropojë in the county of Kukës, Albania.

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Bajram Curri. Named after Bajram Curri, a freedom fighter who struggled for Albanian independence and ethnic Albanians. Curri was famously sacrificed by his friends in 1925 while hiding in a cave near the village of Dragobi, in the Valbonë valley northwest of the town, to avoid being captured by the surrounding Zogist forces, which had been pursuing him for upwards of three years. In 1952, the town was renamed from Kolgecaj to Bajram Curri.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Bajram Curri

Synonyms

Kolgecaj

Questions

How do you pronounce bajram curri?
The recorded pronunciation is /baɪˈɹɑm tsu.ɹi/.
What does bajram curri mean?
A town in northeastern Albania, located within the Valbona valley just west of the river Valbona on the edge of the Albanian Alps.
Where does bajram curri come from?
Borrowed from Albanian Bajram Curri. Named after Bajram Curri, a freedom fighter who struggled for Albanian independence and ethnic Albanians. Curri was famously sacrificed by his friends in 1925 while hiding in a cave near the village of Dragobi, in the Valbonë valley northwest of the town, to avoid being captured by the surrounding Zogist forces, which had been pursuing him for upwards of three years. In 1952, the town was renamed from Kolgecaj to Bajram Curri.

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