Pogradec

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A city in southeastern Albania (country), located on a narrow plain along the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.
• municipality in the county of county, Korçë Albania (country).
• municipal unit of the municipality of Pogradec in the county of county, Korçë Albania (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Pogradec, probably from an Eastern South Slavic language. See Macedonian Подградец, an old name of the city, from под + град + -ец, which refers to the ancient Illyrian settlement located on a hill northwest of the city.