Elbasan

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان. === Proper noun === Elbasan The fourth largest city in Albania, located in the center of the country on the river Shkumbin; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality. A county of Albania. A municipality of Albania. A mid 18th-century alphabet created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Banales, bansela, sanable == Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان (El/İl basan, literally “the fortress”). Compare the cognate toponym Kazakh Елбасқан (Elbasqan). Replaced the ancient name Scampia. === Proper noun === Elbasan m Elbasan (a city in Albania) a male given name ==== Declension ====