Vodhinë (Albanian definite form: Vodhina, Greek: Βοδίνο) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[1]
Vodhinë
Βοδίνο | |
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.svg)  Vodhinë | |
| Coordinates: 39°53′30″N 20°19′17″E / 39.89167°N 20.32139°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Dropull |
| Elevation | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Name
editThe placename Vodhinë is derived from either the Bulgarian word вода, voda meaning 'water' and the suffix -ьн, -yn with the old reflex ь becoming i or from a personal name Водьо, Vodyo and the suffix ин, in.[2] Through the Greek language the d sound in the toponym became dh.[2]
Demographics
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- 1 2 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. 188. 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.