Grazhdan
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Grazhdan
Γριάσδανη | |
|---|---|
.svg)  Grazhdan | |
| Coordinates: 39°47′46″N 20°14′54″E / 39.79611°N 20.24833°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Administrative unit | Livadhe |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Grazhdan (Albanian definite form: Grazhdani; Greek: Γριάσδανη; romanized: Griásdani) is a small village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[2]
The possible derivations of Grazhdan are from either from a resident's name, itself from the Bulgarian град, grad for 'city' and the suffix -яне, -yane with the meaning 'an inhabitant of the city' and the Bulgarian sound change d and y into zhd.[3] Or from an Albanian formation from grazhd meaning 'manger' borrowed from the Slavic гражд, grazhd for 'sheepfold', and the suffix an.[3] Linguist Xhelal Ylli writes the stress on the first syllable in both cases does not match the corresponding formation type for the placename.[3]
