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Valona

British  
/ vəˈləʊnə /

noun

  1. another name for Vlorë

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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With the fall of Porto Edda the Italians were left with only three ports to bring troops and supplies into Albania: >> Valona, a windy harbor with two wharves with shallow draft.

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Valona met Eton last week on the playing fields of Lake Success.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meantime, Greek and British bombers hammered at the landing places, rendered Valona and Durazzo "almost useless" in the wake of the new arrivals, threatened to cut off their supplies and redouble General Soddu's problem.

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Valona, where British attacked Italians from their rear.

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I regretted that she and the Prince had fallen into the wrong hands, and begged her to go to Valona or Scutari, and at once start a tour through the land.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)

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