Glinë, Dropull
Glinë
Γλύνα | |
|---|---|
Glinë | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′15″N 20°17′29″E / 39.97083°N 20.29139°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Dropull |
| Administrative unit | Dropull i Poshtëm |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Glinë (Albanian definite form: Glina; Greek: Γλύνα, romanized: Glyna) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull.[2] It is within the larger Dropull region.
Name
The toponym Glinë refers to the nature of the soil and derived from a Slavic term for clay.[3]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 376 in 1992.[4]
References
- ^ "Location of Glinë". Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 112. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
- ^ Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας" [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 58. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.