Gjirokastër

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Gjirokastër, from Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

Proper noun

Gjirokastër

1. A city in southern Albania, located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
2. A county of Albania.
3. A municipality of Albania.

Related terms

• Gjirokastrit / Gjirokastritas
• Gjirokastrite / Gjirokastritase

Translations

city in southern Albania

• Albanian: Gjirokastër f (indefinite), Gjirokastra (sq) f (definite)
• Armenian: Գիրոկաստրա (Girokastra)
• Aromanian: Iurucast f (indefinite), Iurucasta f (definite)
• Bulgarian: Аргирокастро m (Argirokastro)
• Greek: Αργυρόκαστρο m (Argyrókastro)
• Italian: Argirocastro f
• Korean: 지로카스터르 (jirokaseuteoreu)
• Macedonian: Ѓирокастро m (Ǵirokastro)
• Russian: Гирока́стра (ru) f (Girokástra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ђирокастра f

  Roman: Đirokastra f

• Turkish: Ergiri, Ergirikasrı

county of Albania

• Albanian: Qarku i Gjirokastrës m (definite)

Further reading

• Gjirokastër on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Albanian

Etymology

From Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟ͡ʝiɾɔˈkastəɾ/

Proper noun

Gjirokastër f (definite Gjirokastra)

1. Gjirokastër (a city in southern Albania)