LC control no. | n 82213241 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Tirana (Albania) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Albania--Tirana |
Variant(s) | Tirana Tiranë (Albania) Tyranna (Albania) Tirannea (Albania) Terkan (Albania) Theranda (Albania) Terona (Albania) |
Associated country | Albania |
Found in | BGN per phone, 11-15-93: (Tiranë; popl. 41°20ʹN, 19°50ʹE; variant: Tirana; no conventional name authorized) LC manual auth. cd. (BGN approved hdg.: Tiranë; popl. 41°20ʹN, 19°50ʹE; variant: Tyranna, Tirana: Tirana [conventional] vacated on 04-14-1960) Webster's new geogr. dictionary, 1984: p. 1214 (Tiranë or Tirana; capital of Albania and of Tiranë Province; founded by Turks in early 17th cent., made capital of Albania in 1920) Nat. Geogr. Soc. Atlas of world, 1990: leaf 65 (Tiranë (Tirana); capital of Albania) BGN. Foreign Names Committee report, Nov. 1997-Apr. 1998: p. 1 (FNC approved the conventional name for Tirana, Albania) Tirana në shekuj, 1997: t.p. (Terona, Theranda, Terkan, Tirannea, Tirana) |
Geographic area code | e-aa--- |