Gjormë
Gjormë is a settlement in the former Gruemirë municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe Malësi e Madhe () is a municipality in Shkodër County, in northwestern Albania. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Gruemirë, Kastrat, Kelmend, Qendër, Shkrel with Koplik Koplik (also known as Koplik i Poshtëm) is .... References Gruemirë Populated places in Malësi e Madhe Villages in Shkodër County {{Shkodër-geo-stub ...
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Gruemirë
Gruemirë is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. The population at the 2011 census was 8,890. Name It is named after the settlement of Gruemirë which in turn takes its name from the legend of "Good women" which traditionally is translated good-mirë: women-grua (grue from dialect) and had its home territory in Gruemira. Gruemira is first mentioned in the cadaster of Venetian Shkodra in 1416. Traditionally, in Albanological research it has been seen as compound of ''grua'' (woman) and ''mirë'' (good). Another theory based in the rendering of the toponym in the defter of Scutari in 1485 as ''Kuruemira'' proposes an etymology as a compound of ''krua'' (well) + ''mirë'' (good). The people of the fis and the village of Gruemirë are called ''Gruemiras''. Legend The legend of "Good women"—Once upon a time on a small cottage was only one well far aw ...
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