Goricë, Dropull

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Goricë
Γορίτσα
Village
Goricë is located in Albania
Goricë
Goricë
Coordinates: 39°58′36″N 20°13′34″E / 39.97667°N 20.22611°E / 39.97667; 20.22611
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityDropull
Elevation
252 m (827 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Goricë (Albanian definite form: Gorica, Greek: Γορίτσα) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[1]

Name

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The toponym Goricë is derived from either the Bulgarian or Serbian word гора, gora meaning 'forest, mountain' and the suffix -иц-а, -its-a.[2] Other possible derivations are from Гор-ьн-иц-a, Gor-an-itsa, or from the Albanian words gorricë, 'wild pear' or gorricë, 'barren ground' both borrowed from Slavic.[2]

Demographics

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The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 141 in 1992.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b 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. 114. 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. 58. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.