Tirana
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Proper noun
Tirana
- 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.
- A county of Albania.
- A municipality of Albania.
Derived terms
Translations
capital and largest city of Albania
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Albanian
Aromanian
Proper noun
Tirana f
Czech
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈra.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: Ti‧rà‧na
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål

Tirana, Albania.
Etymology
From Albanian Tirana, definite nominative form of Tiranë, from older Terrana (in Latin sources), from Proto-Albanian *Tūrsanā, possibly Ancient Greek Τυρσηνοί (Tursēnoí), Τυρσανοί (Tursanoí), an epithet used to denote the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea (cf. Latin Mare Tyrrhēnum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪˈrɑːna/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːna
- Hyphenation: Ti‧ra‧na
Proper noun
Tirana
- Tirana (a municipality and capital and largest city of Central Albania, Albania)
- Etter det kommunistiske styrets fall i 1991 opplevde Tirana dens største befolkningsvekst.
- After the fall of the communist regime in 1991, Tirana experienced its largest population growth.
Related terms
- Tiranë (“Tirana”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈra.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Ti‧ra‧na
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tirǎna/
- Hyphenation: Ti‧ra‧na
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtirana]
Proper noun
Tirana f (genitive singular Tirany, declension pattern of žena)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈɾana/ [t̪iˈɾa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Ti‧ra‧na
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