Tepelenë

Tepelenë

See also: Tepelene

English

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 Lenes or Illyrian *Antibylyne.

Proper noun

Tepelenë

1. 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.
2. A municipality of the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.
3. An administrative unit of the municipality of Tepelenë in the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.
4. A now defunct district of Albania.

Translations

city in southern Albania

Albanian: Tepelena (sq) f (definite), Tepelenë f (indefinite) Bulgarian: Тепелена f (Tepelena) Chinese: Mandarin: 台佩莱纳 Czech: Tepelenë Finnish: Tepelenë French: Tepelen German: Tepelena n Greek: Τεπελένι n (Tepeléni), Τεπελένιον n (Tepelénion) Hungarian: Tepelena Italian: Tepelenë Korean: 테펠레너 (tepelleneo), 테펠레나 (tepellena) Ottoman Turkish: دپه‌دلن‎ (tepe-delan) Portuguese: Tepelene f Romanian: Tepelena f Russian: Тепелена f (Tepelena) Slovak: Tepelenë Spanish: Tepelenë Swedish: Tepelena, Tepelenë Turkish: Tepedelen Vietnamese: Tepelenë