Word origins

• lekAn aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.
• TiranaA municipality, the capital and largest city of Albania, located in the center of the country west of the mountain of Dajti on the plain of Tirana; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
• chamAn autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
• spiroA polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.
• PristinaThe capital and largest city of Kosovo.
• DushkuA surname from Albanian.
• lipaA former subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna.
• BunaAny of an early generation of synthetic polybutadiene rubbers produced using sodium as a catalyst.
• KosovarSynonym of Kosovan.
• PejaThe fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
• fierA city and municipality in southwestern Albania, located east of the Adriatic Sea on the river Gjanica, just south of its confluence with the river Seman; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
• DrinThe longest river in Albania, flowing about 190 km across the north of the country from the confluence of the rivers Black Drin and White Drin near Kukës, west through the Fierza Reservoir then south through Lake Koman to the town of Vau i Dejës; it then splits into the Large Drin which flows into the river Buna at the Rozafa Castle near Shkodër and the Small Drin which flows into the Gulf of Drin southwest of Lezhë.
• KlosA town in north-central Albania, located in the Mat river valley with mountains to the east and west; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality.
• BerishaA surname.
• burrelA town in north-central Albania, located west of the river Mat in the Mat river valley; it is the seat of the municipality of Mat and the former seat of the defunct Mat district.
• HoxhaA surname from Albanian.
• BeratA culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
• ShehuA surname from Albanian.
• ElbasanThe fourth largest city in Albania, located in the center of the country on the river Shkumbin; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
• GjakovaThe seventh largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
• MilotA town in northwestern Albania, located just south of the left bank of the river Mat near the Zogu Bridge below the western slope of the Mali e Sukës; it is the seat of its eponymous municipal unit.
• Accursed MountainsSynonym of Prokletije (“a mountain range in the Balkans”).
• AferditaAn English spelling of an Albanian female given name, equivalent to English Aphrodite.
• Albanian AlpsSynonym of Prokletije (“a mountain range in the Balkans”).
• ArbëreshThe form of the Albanian language spoken by the Arbëreshë people in southern Italy.
• Bajram CurriA town in northeastern Albania, located within the Valbona valley just west of the river Valbona on the edge of the Albanian Alps.
• BulqizëA town in Albania.
• CamajA surname from Albanian.
• dhampirA half-human, half-vampire hybrid.
• DukagjinA region of Kosovo
• DurrësAn Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.
• frangaAn obsolete unit of currency in Albania, equal to 5 lek.
• GhegNorthern Albanian, living north of the Shkumbin river, speaker of a Gheg dialect.
• GhegeriaA historical region of Albania, land of the Ghegs.
• GjilanThe third largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous district and municipality.
• GjirokastërA city in southern Albania, located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
• HimaraA town and administrative unit in the municipality of Himarë, Vlorë, Albania.
• JakupiA surname from Albanian.
• JevgA Balkan Egyptian.
• JuncajA surname from Albanian.
• KaçanikA town in Ferizaj district, Kosovo
• kanunA set of traditional Albanian laws.
• KorçëA city in southeastern Albania, located on a plateau west of the mountain of Morava; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
• KoreshiA surname from Albanian.
• KrastëA small mining town in east-central Albania, located on a plateau on the western slope of Mali i Lopës in the municipal unit of Martanesh.
• KullaA surname from Albanian.
• laramanAn Albanian crypto-christian during the Ottoman rule of Albania
• LezhëA growing city in northwestern Albania, 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.
• LLAPA river in Kosovo.
• LulgjurajA surname from Albanian.
• MaqellarëA village in northeastern Albania, located east of the river Black Drin and southwest of the mountain of Deshat.
• MarkuA surname from Albanian.
• mpretAn Albanian monarch.
• MyzeqeA geographic region and plain of the Western Lowlands, Albania.
• PaljevicA surname from Albanian or Serbo-Croatian
• PeqinA town in Elbasan, Albania.
• PeshkopiA town in northeastern Albania, located east of the river Black Drin and southwest of the Mali i Gramës in the Korab mountain range; it is the seat of the county of Dibër, the municipality of Dibër and the former seat of the defunct Dibër district.
• PogradecA city in southeastern Albania, located on a narrow plain along the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.
• qindarkëA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Albanian lek
• revaniSynonym of basbousa.
• SarandëA coastal town in extreme southern Albania 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.
• ShalëA former municipality and now subdivision of the municipality of Shkodër, Albania
• ShëngjinA coastal town in northwestern Albania that is a growing tourist destination due to its beaches and resort accommodations, located 5-6 km northwest of the city of Lezhë by the Adriatic Sea below a mountain side; the town was the site of the ancient harbour of Nymphaeum and is now home to one of Albania's ports of entry; it is the seat of its eponymous municipal unit.
• ShkodërA city in northwestern Albania (the country's fifth largest), located on a plain between the marshlands of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps, surrounded on three sides by the rivers Kir, Drin and Buna; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and administrative unit.
• SpahoA surname from Albanian.
• TaulantA male given name from Albanian.
• TepelenëA city in southern Albania, 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.
• the city of a thousand windowsNickname for Berat: a city and municipality, the seat of Berat County, Albania.
• TomorricaA region of Albania
• ToskThe variety of Albanian upon which Standard Albanian is based.
• VjosaA river of northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
• VlorëThe third largest city in Albania, located on the Bay of Vlorë and the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains at the Strait of Otranto; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
• xhamadanA traditional Albanian garment worn by men.