Shkodër

From Albanian Shkodër, from Illyrian *Skodra. When analyzing Skodra, it can be analyzed as *Skod-ra which would recall Proto-Indo-European *(s)ked- (“to crush, scatter”), possibly meaning "Crevice, Fork".

Shkodër

1. A city in northwestern Albania (the country's fifth largest), located on a plain between the marshlands of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps, surrounded on three sides by the rivers Kir, Drin and Buna; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and administrative unit.
2. A county of Albania.
3. A municipality of the county of Shkodër, Albania.
4. An administrative unit of the municipality of Shkodër in the county of Shkodër, Albania.

• (city): Scutari (Italian borrowing, historical)
• (city): Scodra (Latin borrowing, historical)

• Lake Shkodër

• Shkodran
• Shkodrane