Velahovë
Velahovë
Βελιάχοβο | |
|---|---|
Velahovë | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′9″N 20°9′5″E / 39.90250°N 20.15139°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Elevation | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Velahovë (Albanian definite form: Velahova, Greek: Βελιάχοβο) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[1]
Name
The toponym Velahovë is either derived from an ethnic name влах, Vlah meaning 'Aromanian'; or based on older evidence it is from a personal name Велих(о), Velih(o) from the Bulgarian dialectal word вели, veli meaning 'great, high' and the suffix -ов-а, ov-a.[2]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 142 in 1992.[3]
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ 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. 182. 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.