Lezhë

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A growing town in northwestern Albania (country), located 5-6 km southeast of Shëngjin slightly northeast of the southern mouth of the river Drin (Small Drin), which passes through the town; the town is best known for being one of the former centres of the Illyrian kingdom and for its typically Illyrian fortification walls; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
• county Albania (country).
• municipality of the county of county, Lezhë Albania (country).
• municipal unit of the municipality of municipality, Lezhë in the county of county, Lezhë Albania (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Lezhë, through phonetic shifts from Latin Lissus, from Ancient Greek Λισσός.