Elbasan

Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان.

Elbasan

1. 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.
2. A county of Albania.
3. A municipality of Albania.
4. A mid 18th-century alphabet created for the Albanian language Elbasan Gospel Manuscript.

• Banales, bansela, sanable

From Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان (El/İl basan, literally “the fortress”). Compare the cognate toponym Kazakh Елбасқан (Elbasqan). Replaced the ancient name Scampia.

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1. Elbasan (a city in Albania)