Fier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Albanian Fier, from fier (“fern”). Alternatively borrowed from Italian fiera (“trade fair”) due to the arrival of Venetian merchants during the Renaissance[1].
Proper noun
Fier
- A city and municipality in southwestern Albania, located east of the Adriatic Sea on the river Gjanica, just south of its confluence with the river Seman; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
- A county of Albania.
- A municipality of Albania.
Translations
city and municipality in southwestern Albania
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county of Albania
References
- “History of the City”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 12 August 2011, archived from the original on 2011-08-12
Albanian
Saterland Frisian
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