Tepelenë

See also: Tepelene

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تپه دلن (Tepedelen), the name of the city during Ottoman era. Alternatively from Albanian Tepe e Lenes or Illyrian *Antibylyne.

Proper noun

Tepelenë

1. 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.
2. A municipality of the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.
3. An administrative unit of the municipality of Tepelenë in the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.
4. A now defunct district of Albania.

Translations

city in southern Albania

• Albanian: Tepelena (sq) f (definite), Tepelenë f (indefinite)
• Bulgarian: Тепелена f (Tepelena)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 台佩莱纳

• Czech: Tepelenë
• Finnish: Tepelenë
• French: Tepelen
• German: Tepelena n
• Greek: Τεπελένι n (Tepeléni), Τεπελένιον n (Tepelénion)
• Hungarian: Tepelena
• Italian: Tepelenë
• Korean: 테펠레너 (tepelleneo), 테펠레나 (tepellena)
• Ottoman Turkish: دپه‌دلن (tepe-delan)
• Portuguese: Tepelene f
• Romanian: Tepelena f
• Russian: Тепелена f (Tepelena)
• Slovak: Tepelenë
• Spanish: Tepelenë
• Swedish: Tepelena, Tepelenë
• Turkish: Tepedelen
• Vietnamese: Tepelenë