Pogradec

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Pogradec, probably from an Eastern South Slavic language. See Macedonian Подградец (Podgradec), an old name of the city, from под (pod, “under, below”) + град (grad, “city, town”) + -ец (-ec), which refers to the ancient Illyrian settlement located on a hill northwest of the city.

Proper noun

Pogradec

1. A city in southeastern Albania, located on a narrow plain along the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.
2. A municipality in the county of Korçë, Albania.
3. A municipal unit of the municipality of Pogradec in the county of Korçë, Albania.

Derived terms

• Pogradecar
• Pogradecare

Translations

city in southeastern Albania

• Albanian: Pogradec m (indefinite), Pogradeci (sq) m (definite)
• Aromanian: Pugradets f, Pugrãdets f (indefinite), Pugradetsa f, Pugrãdetsa f (definite)
• Bulgarian: Поградец m (Pogradec), Подградец m (Podgradec)
• Greek: Πόγραδετς (el) n (Pógradets)
• Korean: 포그라데츠 (pogeuradecheu)
• Macedonian: Поградец m (Pogradec), Подградец m (Podgradec)
• Romanian: Pogradeţ m
• Russian: Поградец m (Pogradec)