Tepelenë

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A city in southern Albania (country), located on a plateau on the left bank of the river Vjosa about three kilometres downstream from its confluence with the river Drino; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and the former seat of its now defunct eponymous district.
• municipality of the county of county, Gjirokastër Albania (country).
• administrative unit of the municipality of municipality, Tepelenë in the county of county, Gjirokastër Albania (country).
• now defunct district of Albania (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Turkish Tepedelen, the name of the city during Ottoman occupation. Alternatively from Albanian Tepe e Lenes or Illyrian *Antibylyne.