Burrel

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A town in north-central Albania (country), located west of the river Mat in the Mat river valley; it is the seat of the municipality of municipality, Mat and the former seat of the defunct district, Mat.
• municipal unit of the municipality of municipality, Mat in the county of county, Dibër Albania (country).

Related

Similar words

• the city of apples

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Burrel, probably from bërryl (from Proto-Albanian *bōrei ulnā, compound of *bōrei and *ulnā), which could refer to the bend in the national road SH6 as it goes through the town centre.