Bajram Curri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Bajram Curri. Named after Bajram Curri, a freedom fighter who struggled for Albanian independence and ethnic Albanians.

Curri was famously sacrificed by his friends in 1925 while hiding in a cave near the village of Dragobi, in the Valbonë valley northwest of the town, to avoid being captured by the surrounding Zogist forces, which had been pursuing him for upwards of three years. In 1952, the town was renamed from Kolgecaj to Bajram Curri.

Pronunciation

• (approximating Albanian) IPA^(key): /baɪˈɹɑm tsu.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.ɹɑm-/, (anglicized) /-ˈɹæm-/, /-tsʌɹi/

Proper noun

Bajram Curri

1. A town in northeastern Albania, located within the Valbona valley just west of the river Valbona on the edge of the Albanian Alps.
2. A municipal unit of the municipality of Tropojë in the county of Kukës, Albania.

Synonyms

• Kolgecaj (historical)

Translations

town in northeastern Albania

• Albanian: Bajram Curri (sq)
• Bulgarian: Байрам Цури (Bajram Curi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴依拉姆楚里城 (Bāyīlāmǔchǔlǐchéng)

• German: Bajram Curr n
• Greek: Μπαϊράμ Τσούρι n (Baïrám Tsoúri)
• Russian: Байрам-Цурри (Bajram-Curri)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бајрам Цури

  Roman: Bajram Curi

• Turkish: Bayram Curri