Korçë

See also: körce

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Korçë, from a South Slavic language. See the archaic Bulgarian word горица (gorica, “little mountain”), which could refer to the mountain of Morava as the city was under Bulgarian rule during the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Korçë

1. A city in southeastern Albania, located on a plateau west of the mountain of Morava; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
2. A county of Albania.
3. A municipality of Albania.

Derived terms

• Korçar
• Korçare

Translations

city in southeastern Albania

• Albanian: Korçë f (indefinite), Korça (sq) f (definite)
• Aromanian: Curceauã f (indefinite), Curceaua (definite), Curciau f (indefinite), Curciaua (definite)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科爾察 / 科尔察 (Kē'ěrchá)

• Greek: Κορυτσά (el) f (Korytsá)
• Italian: Coriza f
• Macedonian: Горица f (Gorica)
• Turkish: Görice

county of Albania

Anagrams

• Coker, Croke, Ocker, coker, ocker

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾt͡ʃə/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃə
• Hyphenation: Kór‧çë

Proper noun

Korçë f (definite Korça)

1. A city in southeastern Albania
2. A municipality of Albania
3. A county of Albania

Declension

Declension of Korçë

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Korçë	Korça
accusative		Korçën
dat./abl.	Korçe	Korçës

Derived terms

• Korçar
• Korçare