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Prespa

American  
[pres-puh] / ˈprɛs pə /

noun

  1. Lake, a lake on the borders of E Albania, SW Macedonia, and N Greece: drains underground NW to Lake Ohrid. 112 sq. mi. (290 sq. km).


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He gradually extended his authority over a swathe of the Balkans, making the Lake Prespa and Lake Ohrid region, now mostly in North Macedonia, his powerbase.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Moutsopoulos led excavations on the Greek island of Saint Achilleios on Little Prespa Lake near the border between Greece and Albania and not far from the frontier with North Macedonia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The setting is the Prespa lakes region, a mountain valley where three countries—Albania, Greece and North Macedonia—share borders, a park and abundant natural resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Kostovska said that soon she and her family would harvest their apple crop — orchards blanket this region around Lake Prespa — hoping to sell some 25,000 apples for export to Russia, Iran and Iraq.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2016

The border shared with Yugoslavia runs northward from Lake Prespa, around northern Albania, to the Adriatic Sea for a total of just under 300 miles.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

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