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Berat

Berat proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Berat

  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.

Synonyms of Berat

Origin of Berat

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.

Questions about Berat

What does Berat mean?
Berat means 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.
What part of speech is Berat?
Berat is a proper noun.

Words near Berat in the dictionary

  1. berascal
  2. berascalled
  3. berascalling
  4. berascals
  5. Berastegi
  6. Berat
  7. berate
  8. berated
  9. beratement
  10. beratements
  11. berater

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