English
Tepelenë
Tepelenë comes from Albanian Tepelenë.
- AlbanianmodernTepelenë
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- AlbanianmodernTepelenë
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تپه دلن (Tepedelen), the name of the city during Ottoman era.
Every English word from Albanian Tepelenë
Today it means
name 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Albanian Tepelenë / Tepelenë