Vodhinë
Village in Gjirokastër, Albania
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Vodhinë (Albanian definite form: Vodhina, Greek: Βοδίνο) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[1]
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Name
The placename Vodhinë is derived from either the Bulgarian word вода, voda meaning 'water' and the suffix -ьн, -yn with the old reflex ь becoming i or from a personal name Водьо, Vodyo and the suffix ин, in.[2] Through the Greek language the d sound in the toponym became dh.[2]