Berat

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Berat

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Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish برات (Berat), from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Belgorod.

proper noun

  1. A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
  2. A county of Albania.
  3. A municipality of the county of Berat, Albania.
  4. A municipal unit of the municipality of Berat in the county of Berat, Albania.

Similar: the city of a thousand windows

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Similar: the city of a thousand windows

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name city in south-central Albania

한국어베라트 berateu
中文培拉特 Péilātè
DeutschBerat
ItalianoBerat, Belgrado, Belgrado di Albania, Belgrado di Romania
РусскийБерат Berat

name county of Albania

한국어베라트주 berateuju
DeutschQark Berat
ΕλληνικάΝομός του Μπεράτ Nomós tou Berát

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@misc{berat_2026,
  title = {Berat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/berat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}