Sarandë

See also: sårande

English

Alternative forms

• Saranda

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Sarandë, from Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Ágioi Saránta, “forty saints”), which refers to the ruined Forty Saints Monastery (named after the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) which overlooked the town.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹændə/, /səˈɹɑːndə/

Proper noun

Sarandë

1. A coastal town in extreme southern Albania that is an important tourist attraction due to its coastal access and Mediterranean climate, located at the southern end of the Albanian Riviera on a slope by a gulf of the Ionian Sea 14 km east of the island of Corfu's northern end; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.
2. A municipality in the county of Vlorë, Albania.
3. A municipal unit of the municipality of Sarandë in the county of Vlorë, Albania.

Synonyms

• Porto Edda (former name)

Translations

coastal town in extreme southern Albania

• Albanian: Saranda (sq) f (definite), Sarandë f (indefinite)
• Aromanian: Sãranda f (definite)
• Bulgarian: Саранда f (Saranda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩蘭達 / 萨兰达 (Sàlándá)

• Czech: Saranda (cs) f
• German: Saranda n
• Greek: Άγιοι Σαράντα f (Ágioi Saránta)
• Italian: Santi Quaranta f
• Korean: 사란더 (sarandeo), 사란다 (saranda)
• Macedonian: Саранда f (Saranda)
• Russian: Саранда f (Saranda)
• Turkish: Aya Sarandi, Ayasaranda

See also

• Delvinë

Anagrams

• Andreas, nasarde

Albanian

Etymology

From Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Ágioi Saránta, “forty saints”), which refers to the ruined Forty Saints Monastery (named after the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) which overlooked the town.

Proper noun

Sarandë f (definite Saranda)

1. Sarandë (a coastal town in extreme southern Albania)

Declension

Declension of Sarandë

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Sarandë	Saranda
accusative		Sarandën
dat./abl.	Sarande	Sarandës