Sãranda

Aromanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Sarandë, from Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Ágioi Saránta, “forty saints”), which refers to the ruined Forty Saints Monastery (named after the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) which overlooked the town.

Prooer noun

Sãranda f (indefinite forms Sãrandã or Sãrande)

  1. Sarandë (a town in southwestern Albania)

Derived terms
  • Sãrãndiot
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