Gjirokastër

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A city in southern Albania (country), located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
• county Albania (country).
• municipality Albania (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Gjirokastër, from Greek Αργυρόκαστρον, from άργυρος and κάστρον (from Latin castrum ("fort")).