Sarandë

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A coastal town in extreme southern Albania (country) that is an important tourist attraction due to its coastal access and Mediterranean climate, located at the southern end of the Albanian Riviera on a slope by a gulf of the Ionian Sea 14 km east of the island of Corfu's northern end; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.
• municipality in the county of county, Vlorë Albania (country).
• municipal unit of the municipality of municipality, Sarandë in the county of county, Vlorë Albania (country).

Related

Similar words

• Porto Edda

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Sarandë, from Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα ("forty saints"), which refers to the ruined Forty Saints Monastery (named after the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) which overlooked the town.