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Erion
Erion is an Albanian male given name, which means "Our wind".''Baby Center''"Baby Names: Erion"Retrieved on 7 January 2016. A related name is Erjon. The name may refer to: *Erion Hoxhallari (born 1995), Albanian footballer * Erion Sula (born 1986), Albanian footballer *Erion Veliaj (born 1979), Albanian politician *Erion Xhafa Erion Xhafa (born 31 May 1982) is an Albanian retired footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Club He started his career with Dinamo Tirana youth team, and played for Erzeni Shijak for one year, then back to Dinamo Tirana until 200 ... (born 1982), Albanian footballer See also * Mepacrine, an antimalarial drug sometimes called Erion References {{given name Albanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erion Veliaj
Erion Veliaj (born December 17, 1979) is an Albanian politician, who is currently serving as the Mayor of Tirana. Stemming from a civil society activism organization as the leader of MJAFT!, Veliaj joined the ranks of the Socialist Party of Albania in 2011, when he was appointed Secretary for Youth and Immigration. Previously he has served as a Member of the Parliament for the district of Gjirokastër and as Minister of Social Welfare and Youth under Prime Minister Edi Rama. In April 2015, Veliaj was appointed as mayoral candidate of the Socialist Party in the city of Tirana. He won the elections and took office on July 31, 2015. Personal life and education Erion Veliaj was born on December 17, 1979, in Tirana, Albania. His father Luan Veliaj served as an officer in the Albanian Army, while his mother was an HR Manager in the military. He attended the Sami Frashëri High School in Tirana and then later Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan where he graduated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erion Hoxhallari
Erion Hoxhallari (born 15 October 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Romanian club UTA Arad. Club career Early career Hoxhallari started his youth career at Tirana. On 1 July 2011 he was loaned out at Austrian side Grazer AK for a half season. Tirana Hoxhallari made his professional debut for Tirana on 23 November 2011 in the cup tie against Apolonia, playing full-90 minutes in a 3–0 home win. That was his first and only appearance of the 2011–12 season. Hoxhallari found more opportunities in the 2012–13 season, making his league debut on 13 April 2013 in a 2–1 deficit at Kukësi. In the 2013–14 season, Hoxhallari continued to get limited opportunities, as he made only nine league appearances, eight of them as starter. Loan to Teuta On 29 August 2014, Hoxhallari was transferred to Teuta on a long season loan from Tirana along with Ardit Peposhi. Initially Hoxhallari struggled to play as he did not leave the bench for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erion Xhafa
Erion Xhafa (born 31 May 1982) is an Albanian retired footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Club He started his career with Dinamo Tirana youth team, and played for Erzeni Shijak for one year, then back to Dinamo Tirana until 2007. In the Summer of 2007 he was transferred to Tirana which was the holder of the championship title at that time. International He made his debut for Albania in a March 2006 friendly match against Georgia and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 2007 friendly against Malta. Managerial career In July 2015, Xhafa was appointed assistant coach to Igli Allmuça at Dinamo Tirana. Personal life Erion is the son of Gani Xhafa, one of the veterans of Albanian team Dinamo Tirana and the Albania team remembered for his great performance against some of the best teams of Europe like Ajax on that heroic game with Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erion Sula
Erion Sula (born 2 November 1986 in Lushnjë) is an Albanian footballer who most recently played as a defender for Tomori Berat in the Albanian First Division Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language ** Albanian culture ** Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the count .... References 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Lushnjë Association football defenders Albanian footballers KS Kastrioti players KS Lushnja players KS Shkumbini Peqin players FK Tomori Berat players Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Parë players {{Albania-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erjon
Erjon is an Albanian masculine given name. It is a spelling variant of Erion, and means "Ionian wind". One theory is that it is of mythological origin.''Baby Center''"Baby Names: Erion"Retrieved on 7 January 2016. The name may refer to: *Erjon Bogdani (born 1977), Albanian footballer *Erjon Dollapi (born 1993), Albanian-born British rugby player *Erjon Dushku (born 1985), Albanian footballer * Erjon Kastrati (born 1994), Kosovar-Albanian basketball player *Erjon Llapanji (born 1985), Albanian footballer *Erjon Mustafaj (born 1989), Albanian footballer * Erjon Rizvanolli (born 1981), Albanian footballer *Erjon Tola (born 1986), Albanian skier *Erjon Vuçaj Erjon Vucaj (born 25 December 1990) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Dečić in Montenegro. Grown up as a player at Vllaznia Shkodër, he has spent three years at Laçi, proving to be a pivotal player for ... (born 1990), Albanian footballer References {{given name Albanian mascul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Europe. It lies at the centre of the Balkans. Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008, and has since gained diplomatic recognition as a sovereign state by 101 member states of the United Nations. It is bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo is dominated by the vast plains and fields of Dukagjini and Kosovo field. The Accursed Mountains and Šar Mountains rise in the southwest and southeast, respectively. Its capital and largest city is Pristina. In classical antiquity, the central tribe which emerged in the territory of Kosovo were Dardani, who formed an independent polity known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Language
Albanian ( endonym: or ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an independent branch within the Indo-European languages and is not closely related to any other modern Indo-European language. Albanian was first attested in the 15th century and it is a descendant of one of the Paleo-Balkan languages of antiquity. For historical and geographical reasons,: "It is often thought (for obvious geographic reasons) that Albanian descends from ancient Illyrian (see above), but this cannot be ascertained as we know next to nothing about Illyrian itself." the prevailing opinion among modern historians and linguists is that the Albanian language is a descendant of a southern Illyrian dialect spoken in much the same region in classical times. Alternativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mepacrine
Mepacrine, also called quinacrine or by the trade name Atabrine, is a medication with several uses. It is related to chloroquine and mefloquine. Although formerly available from compounding pharmacies, as of August 2020 it is unavailable in the United States. Medical uses The main uses of mepacrine are as an antiprotozoal, antirheumatic, and an intrapleural sclerosing agent. Possible reasons for the lack of an ''in vivo effect'' include inefficient penetration of the blood–brain barrier, as well as the existence of drug-resistant prion proteins that increase in number when selected for by treatment with mepacrine. Non-surgical sterilization for women The use of mepacrine for non-surgical sterilization for women has also been studied. The first report of this method claimed a first year failure rate of 3.1%. However, despite a multitude of clinical studies on the use of mepacrine and female sterilization, no randomized, controlled trials have been reported to date and there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
