1 : an ancient or medieval fortress or walled town. 2 [German Burg] : city, town.

The surname is one of the Anglo-Norman names that came to Ireland in the 12th century. The surname Burgh is derived from the Old English word “burh,” which is derived from the Old German word “burg,” the common Germanic word for a fortification.

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Albania: Tirana: There are several hypotheses for the origins of Tirana’s name: Tirana is thought to come from the word Theranda, mentioned in ancient Greek and Latin sources, which locals called The Rana, since the field was formed as result of solid materials that brought water from the surrounding mountains.

Nestled between northern Greece and the azure waters of Italy, Albania should be a tourist mecca. With a fascinating history, natural beauty, to-die-for Mediterranean cuisine, and a bundle of eccentricity, Shqipëri, as Albania is known in its native tongue, is Europe’s unpolished diamond.

Warnings & Dangers in Tirana Tirana is a relatively safe city to travel to. There are mild threats, nothing that should stop you from traveling there. Since it’s the capital of Albania, there are no major issues, and the only area you should avoid is Albania’s border with Kosovo.

It is a safe country Albania is one of the least dangerous places in Europe. The country does lie in an earthquake zone, and a 6.4-magnitude quake in 2019 killed 51 people. The epicentre was in Mamurras, in the northwest of the country, with tremors felt in Tirana.

In conclusion, I think it is fair to say that Albania is an incredibly safe country for tourists, even solo female travellers.

You should plan to spend around Lek5,149 ($50) per day on your vacation in Albania, which is the average daily price based on the expenses of other visitors. Past travelers have spent, on average, Lek1,550 ($15) on meals for one day and Lek1,140 ($11) on local transportation.

Cost of Living in Albania

Restaurants	Edit
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle)	127.51Lek
Water (12 oz small bottle)	62.30Lek
Markets	Edit
Milk (regular), (1 gallon)	473.60Lek

Travel in Albania is cheaper than travel in Montenegro. Former tourists spend €59.00 per person per day in Montenegro. However, former tourists of Albania spend only €42.00 per person per day. Accommodation, meals, water, transportation, entertainment and alcohol are cheaper in Albania than in Montenegro.

The most-widely foreign languages spoken in Albania are English, Italian and Greek. The main foreign language known is English with 40.0%, followed by Italian with 27.8% and Greek with 22.9%.

Albania, however, is easily the most liberal of Islamic peoples. The veil is seldom worn due to their distancing from Turkey as well as their history of atheistic Communist rule. Virtually most of Albanians have Turkish, Arab, or “Muslim” names, including Muhammad, Ali, Rashid, and Mustafa.

The closest language to Albanian is likely Romanian. Their ancestors likely spoke similar languages (Dacian and Illyrian?) but when the Romans came, Romanians learned Latin while Albanian preserved whichever language they spoke which developed into modern Albanian.

There is no Albanian on Duolingo.

etc. Albanian language is an interesting language even do it’s an indo European language it’s challenging becoes you will have to learn meany words that look really different than the normal European languages. 🙂 yes,Albanian is a difficult language because it has o lot of tenses,like franch.

The written record of Latin is much older than the written record of Albanian. Since Albanian is an independent branch of Indo-European, then the Albanian branch and the Italic branch separated from Proto-Indo-European about the same time.

Since Albanians belong to the white race, we only include white non-Albanian residents in the comparison group.

Since 1908 Albanian has been based on the Latin alphabet, but before that the same language could be and was written in 4alphabets: Latin, Greek, Turkish Arabic and Cyrillic (96). The Albanian language belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. It is one of the oldest languages, yet different from the others.

Population. The Albanians are considered to be descendants of Illyrian and Thracian tribes who settled the region in ancient times. The country is ethnically homogeneous with 96 percent of the population being Albanian. There are two major subgroups of Albanians – the Gegs and the Tosks.

the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania

The history of Albania forms a part of the history of Europe. Albania remained under Ottoman control as part of the province of Rumelia until 1912; with some interruptions during the 18th and 19th century with the establishment of autonomy minded Albanian lords. …

Land. A landlocked country, Kosovo is bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the south, Albania to the west, and Montenegro to the northwest. Kosovo, about the same size as Jamaica or Lebanon, is the smallest country in the Balkans.

Albanians

Still, Gallup surveys revealed that 75% of Kosovo Albanians would prefer to live unified with Albania in a single country. In May 2019, president Hashim Thaçi suggested a referendum on the unification of Kosovo and Albania, if the slow integration process by the European Union does not accelerate.

President of Kosovo

President of Republic of Kosovo Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës (Albanian) Председник Републике Косова (Serbian)
Incumbent Vjosa Osmani since 4 April 2021
Style	Madam President Her Excellency
Status	Head of State
Residence	none

39 years (May 17, 1982)