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Definition of Durres
1. Noun. Port city in western Albania on the Adriatic.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Albania, Republic Of Albania
Definition of Durres
1. Proper noun. An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of Ancient Epidamnus ¹
2. Proper noun. A Catholic archiepiscopal see since 1300, which lost its metropolitan status and was merged into one archbishopric with the Albanian capital Tirana (Tirane, Tiranë; where the cathedral now is) ¹
3. Proper noun. An Orthodox archbishorpic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Durres
Literary usage of Durres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights in Post-Communist Albania by Fred Abrahams (1996)
"Law Courses in durres In March 1993 the government opened an intensive six-month
law course in the port city of durres. According to the Ministry of Justice ..."
2. Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (1991)
"On March 8, troops stormed some one thousand refugees perched on a ship in durres
harbor, and a few soldiers opened fire. According to testimony taken by ..."
3. Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session by Mungo Ponton Brown, William Maxwell Morison, Scotland Court of Session (1826)
"2do, The defender cannot quarrel durres his right, because his predecessor did
homologate the same by acknowledging durres to be heritor, by contracting ..."
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