Ardhasovë
Ardhasovë
Αρδάσοβα | |
|---|---|
Ardhasovë | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′45″N 20°7′6″E / 39.87917°N 20.11833°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Elevation | 252 m (827 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Ardhasovë (Albanian definite form: Ardhasova, Greek: Αρδάσοβα) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[1]
Name
Linguist Yordan Zaimov reconstructs the toponym as Радашово, Radashovo.[2] Linguist Xhelal Ylli states the reconstruction is uncertain, although the Slavic possessive suffix indicates that a Slavic name giver must be considered.[2] The root is unclear.[2] In Albanian, there is ardhas and ardhacak meaning newcomer, a formation from the verb vij 'to come': erdha 'came': kam ardhur 'have come' and Ylli writes the placename is a hybrid formation.[2]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 258 in 1992.[3]
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 85. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
- ^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας" [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 55. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.