Lezhë

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Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Lezhë, through phonetic shifts from Latin Lissus, from Ancient Greek Λίσσος (Líssos).

Proper noun

Lezhë

1. A growing city in northwestern Albania, located 5-6 km southeast of Shëngjin slightly northeast of the southern mouth of the river Drin (Small Drin), which passes through the town; the town is best known for being one of the former centres of the Illyrian kingdom and for its typically Illyrian fortification walls; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
2. A county of Albania.
3. A municipality of the county of Lezhë, Albania.
4. A municipal unit of the municipality of Lezhë in the county of Lezhë, Albania.

Translations

town in northwestern Albania

Albanian: Lezha (sq) f (definite), Lezhë f (indefinite) Bulgarian: Лежа f (Leža), Леж m (Lež) Chinese: Mandarin: 萊什 / 莱什 (Láishí) Greek: Λέζα (el) f (Léza) Ancient: (please verify) Λισσός f (Lissós) Italian: Alessio (it) f Korean: 레저 (ko) (rejeo), 레자 (ko) (reja) Latin: Lissus f Macedonian: Леска f (Leska) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Љеш Roman: Lješ Turkish: Leş, Eşim (tr)

county of Albania

Albanian: Qarku i Lezhës m (definite)

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Proper noun

Lezhë f (definite Lezha)

1. Lezhë (a city in Albania)

Declension

Declension of Lezhë

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Lezhë	Lezha
accusative		Lezhën
dat./abl.	Lezhe	Lezhës