Berat

Berat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish Berat, from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ).

Proper noun

Berat

1. A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
2. A county of Albania.
3. A municipality of the county of Berat, Albania.
4. A municipal unit of the municipality of Berat in the county of Berat, Albania

Synonyms

• (city): the city of a thousand windows (colloquial)

Related terms

• Beratas
• Beratase

Translations

city in south-central Albania

Albanian: Berati (sq) m (definite), Berat m Bulgarian: Берат (bg) m (Berat) German: Berat n Greek: Μπεράτ n (Berát), Μπεράτι n (Beráti)

Korean: 베라트 (berateu) Old Church Slavonic: Бѣлградъ m (Bělgradŭ) Russian: Берат (ru) m (Berat) Turkish: Berat

county of Albania

Albanian: Qarku i Beratit m (definite) German: Qark Berat m Greek: Νομός του Μπεράτ m (Nomós tou Berát)

Korean: 베라트주 (berateuju) Turkish: Berat ili

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