Avlona

[ av-loh-nuh ]

/ ævˈloʊ nə /

noun

former name of Vlorë.

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Examples from the Web for avlona

Avlona played an important part in the wars between the Normans and the Byzantines, during the 11th and 12th centuries.
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On the 10th it was reported that they had taken Klisura, about thirty-five miles from Avlona, in the direction of Monastir.
The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII)|Various
Avlona occupies an eminence near the Gulf of Avlona, an inlet of the Adriatic, almost surrounded by mountains.
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With Saseno under the control of a foreign power, the possessor of Avlona could never make the town into a place of arms.
Current History, A Monthly Magazine|New York Times

So we were obliged to put in to Avlona harbour, deeply lamenting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845|Various

British Dictionary definitions for avlona

Avlona

/ (ævˈləʊnə) /

noun

the ancient name for Vlorë

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