Saseno

American  

[sah-suh-naw] / ˈsɑ səˌnɔ /

noun

1. an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

Except for an occasional Soviet submarine putting in at Albania's Saseno naval base,* and risky air communications across mountainous and hostile Greece and Yugoslavia, Albania has no contact with the Soviet world.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Russians are thought to have established a base, complete with floating drydock, on Albania's Saseno Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

So Mussolini's most practical route into the Balkans lies across the Strait of Otranto, on one side of which he has a base at Brindisi and at the other the fortified island of Saseno.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is protected by the island of Saseno, the ancient Saso, and by Cape Glossa, the northernmost headland of the Acroceraunian mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

There is really no need for the Italians to demand Valona or Saseno, the island which lies in front of it.

From Project Gutenberg