Llovinë
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Llovinë
Λουβίνα | |
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.svg)  Llovinë | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′51″N 20°21′54″E / 39.84750°N 20.36500°E / 39.84750; 20.36500 | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Dropull |
| Elevation | 508 m (1,667 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Llovinë (Albanian definite form: Llovina, Greek: Λουβίνα) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[1]
Linguist Yordan Zaimov reconstructs the toponym as Любиня, Lyubinya, while linguist Xhelal Ylli states the contribution does not explain the present toponym.[2] Ylli writes in Bulgarian there is ловѝна, lovina 'drink; wine', but the semantic motivation and the sound change o to u then o and l into ll remain unclear.[2] Linguist Phaedon Malingoudis explains a similar term from the appellative локвина, lokvina from локва, lokva meaning 'puddle; pool', which Ylli said is also semantically acceptable for Llovinë.[2]
Demographics
References
- ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- 1 2 3 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. 140. 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. 58. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.
Subdivisions of Dropull municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Dropull | ||
| Administrative unit of Dropull i Poshtëm |  | |
| Administrative unit of Dropull i Sipërm | ||
| Administrative unit of Pogon | ||