Elbasan

English

Proper noun

Elbasan

A city in central Albania.

Translations

city

Albanian: Elbasan

Greek: Ελβασάν (Elvasán)

Anagrams

sanable

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (Eli-Basan, literally “I laid my hand upon”), an inscription made on the city fortress erected in 1466 by Mehmet II. Replaced the ancient name Scampia.

Proper noun

Elbasan

Elbasan

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