Shëmri

Village in Kukës, Albania
42°6′5″N 20°13′56″E / 42.10139°N 20.23222°E / 42.10139; 20.23222Country AlbaniaCountyKukësMunicipalityKukësMunicipal unitMalziPopulation
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Shëmri (Albanian definite form: Shëmria) is a village in the former municipality of Malzi in Kukës County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës.[1]

Etymology

A church dedicated to Saint Mary existed in the village before the mid-17th century, when the Ottomans decided to destroy it. The name Shëmri is thought to derive from it, with the Albanian translation for Saint Mary being Shën Mëri.[2]

Shëmri was recorded as Shinmiri in three different 16th-century Ottoman censuses, and as Shën Mëri by Frang Bardhi and sq:Shtjefën Gaspri in 1638 and 1671 respectively.[3]

From the 18th century onwards it is recorded as Shëmri.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ Hoxha 2013, pp. 59, 62
  3. ^ Hoxha 2013, pp. 52–53
  4. ^ Hoxha 2013, p. 53

Bibliography

  • Hoxha, Shefqet (2013). Malziu (Bubrrime historike-etnologjike-folklorike-gjuhësore) (in Albanian). Mirgeeralb. ISBN 978-99280-7-196-5.
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