Piranë
Village in Prizren, Kosovo
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Piranë (Albanian: Piranë, Serbian Cyrillic: Пиране/Pirane) is a village in Prizren municipality, Kosovo.
History
According to Pulaha, Pirane was mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1485 as Dolina Biranash with 35 homes, several of the homes listed bore Albanian names: Bashtina e Gjinit, te birit te Tanushit, Bashtina e Progonit, Bashtina e Nikces, E veja Nina, Nika son of Dabzhiv.[2]
During the 16th century, the inhabitants of the village were recorded with characteristically Albanian anthroponomy, indicating that the village was historically inhabited by Albanians.[3][4]
