Ardhasovë (Albanian definite form: Ardhasova, Greek: Αρδάσοβα) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[1]

Ardhasovë
Αρδάσοβα
Ardhasovë is located in Albania
Ardhasovë
Ardhasovë
Coordinates: 39°52′45″N 20°7′6″E / 39.87917°N 20.11833°E / 39.87917; 20.11833
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Elevation
252 m (827 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Name

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Linguist Yordan Zaimov reconstructs the toponym as Радашово, Radashovo.[2] Linguist Xhelal Ylli states the reconstruction is uncertain, although the Slavic possessive suffix indicates that a Slavic name giver must be considered.[2] The root is unclear.[2] In Albanian, there is ardhas and ardhacak meaning newcomer, a formation from the verb vij 'to come': erdha 'came': kam ardhur 'have come' and Ylli writes the placename is a hybrid formation.[2]

Demographics

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The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 258 in 1992.[3]

References

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  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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. 85. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
  3. 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. 55. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.