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Gjilan
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English
Alternative forms
en Ghilan Gilan obsolete
Etymology
en sq Gjilan, see there for more.
Proper noun
en The third largest <<city>> in <<c/Kosovo>>, and the <<seat>> of its eponymous <<district>> and <<municipality>>.
en district c/Kosovo.
en municipality c/Kosovo.
Synonyms
en Gnjilane
Translations
third largest city in Kosovo
Albanian: sq Gjilan m
French: fr Gjilan
German: de Gjilan
Italian: it Gjilan
Korean: ko 질란
Macedonian: mk Гњилане
Serbo-Croatian: sh Gnjilane//Гњилане n
Turkish: tr Gilan
Anagrams
en agijln jingal
Albanian
geomask Q1048355 region Q2513453 city Q739808
Alternative forms
sq Gilan dated
Etymology
Attested as zls-chs Гнилꙗне (1405), and later by Western travellers as it Ghilan (1826), fr Guilan (1840), de Gilan Gilan ~ Gnilan (1868). Most likely a sq sh Gnjilane//Гњилане 1, possibly by mediation of ota -. The cluster /ɡɲ/ was simplified and later reborrowed into the lect of the Serbs coinhabiting the city. See the Serbo-Croatian entry for further explanation.
By Albanian sources traditionally considered a corruption of the surname of the sq Gjinolli family, in its non-Turkified form sq Gjinaj, who ruled over the area in the 18th century. This must be discarded due to historical evidence.
Pronunciation
sq /ɟiˈlan/
sq an 2
Proper noun
m Gjilani
sq city/municipality/and/district c/Kosovo Gjilan
Declension
Derived terms
sq gjilanas
Further reading
sq Gjilani
French
Alternative forms
fr Ghilan Guilan obsolete
Etymology
fr :bor sq:Gjilan
fr sq Gjilan.
Proper noun
fr city/municipality/and/district c/Kosovo Gjilan
Further reading
fr
German
Alternative forms
de Gilan Ghilan obsolete
Etymology
de :bor sq:Gjilan
de sq Gjilan.
Proper noun
de proper noun ?
de city/municipality/and/district c/Kosovo Gjilan
Further reading
de
Italian
Alternative forms
it Ghilan Ghilane obsolete
Etymology
it :bor sq:Gjilan
it sq Gjilan.
Proper noun
f
it city/municipality/and/district c/Kosovo Gjilan
it Claudio Camarca Migranti verso una terra chiamata Italia Rizzoli 2003 8817872024 85 Lui ha sorriso, mandato giù un sorso di caffè, domandato cosa ci facessi a Gjilan. He smiled, took a sip of coffee, and asked what I was doing in Gjilan.
Further reading
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