Bajram Curri

English + (town) Etymology Borrowed from en sq Bajram Curri. Named after Bajram Curri, a freedom fighter who struggled for Albanian independence and ethnic Albanians. Curri was famously sacrificed by his friends in 1925 while hiding in a cave near the village of Dragobi, in the Valbonë valley northwest of the town, to avoid being captured by the surrounding Zogist forces, which had been pursuing him for upwards of three years. In 1952, the town was renamed from Kolgecaj to Bajram Curri. Pronunciation en /baɪˈɹɑm tsu.ɹi/ /ˈbaɪ.ɹɑm-/ approximating Albanian, en anglicized /-ˈɹæm-/ /-tsʌɹi/ Proper noun 1 en town in northeastern c/Albania, located within the Valbona valley just west of the river Valbona on the edge of the Albanian Alps. en municipal unit of the municipality of municipality/Tropojë in the county of county/Kukës c/Albania. Synonyms en Kolgecaj historical Translations town in northeastern Albania Albanian: sq Bajram Curri Bulgarian: bg Байрам Цури Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴依拉姆楚里城 Bāyīlāmǔchǔlǐchéng German: de Bajram Curr n Greek: el Μπαϊράμ Τσούρι n Russian: ru Байрам-Цурри Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бајрам Цури Latin: sh Bajram Curi Turkish: tr Bayram Curri