English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Albanian Durrës, from Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Doublet of Dyrrhachium and Durazzo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Durrës
- An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.
- A Catholic archiepiscopal see since 1300, which lost its metropolitan status and was merged into one archbishopric with the Albanian capital Tirana (where the cathedral now is).
- An Orthodox archbishopric.
Synonyms
[edit]- Durazzo (Italian borrowing, historical)
- Dyrrhachium (historical)
Translations
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[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). The modern Albanian pronunciation is derived from either the Latin or Greek source. However, the modern Albanian form, including the Italian form, derive through intermediate palatalized antecedent form as Latin Durratio, attested in the early centuries AD.[1] The presevation of Old Doric Greek /u/ indicates the modern name derives from populations to whom the toponym was known in its original Doric pronunciation.[2] The modern Albanian name evolved independently from the parent language of Albanian around the same period of the post-Roman era in the first centuries AD, observable through the differences in stress in the two toponyms (first syllable in Albanian, second in Italian) highlights.
In English usage, the Italian borrowing Durazzo used to be widespread, but the local Albanian borrowing Durrës has gradually replaced it in recent decades.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Durrës m (definite Durrësi)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Albanian
- English terms derived from Albanian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ʊɹəs
- Rhymes:English/ʊɹəs/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with Ë
- English terms spelled with ◌̈
- en:Cities in Albania
- Albanian terms derived from Latin
- Albanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Albanian terms borrowed from Latin
- Albanian terms derived from Doric Greek
- Albanian 2-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian proper nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Cities in Albania
- sq:Places in Albania
- Albanian uncountable nouns