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Durrës

Durrës

See also: Durres and dürres

English

Alternative forms

Durres

Proper noun

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 (Tirane, Tiranë; where the cathedral now is)
An Orthodox archbishorpic

Synonyms

Durazzo (Italian)

Translations

Adriatic port city in Albania

Albanian: Durrës
Bulgarian: Драч ‎(Drač)
German: Durrës
Greek: Δυρράχιο ‎(Dyrráchio)
Ancient Greek Ἐπίδαμνος ‎(Epídamnos), Δυῤῥάχιον ‎(Durrhákhion)
Italian: Durazzo (it)

Latin: Dyrrachium
Macedonian: Драч ‎(Drač)
Portuguese: Durres f, Durazzo f
Romanian: Durrës
Russian: Ду́ррес m ‎(Dúrres), Дирра́хий m ‎(Dirráxij) (dated), Драч (ru) m ‎(Drač), Дура́ццо m ‎(Durácco)
Serbo-Croatian: Драч, Drač m
Sicilian: Durazzu
Turkish: Dıraç

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin Dyrrachium < Ancient Greek Δυῤῥάχιον ‎(Durrhákhion).

Proper noun

Durrës ? ‎(definite Durrsi)

Durrës