Brisë is a village in the administrative unit of Lekbibaj in

Kukës County Kukës County (; sq, Qarku i Kukësit) is a landlocked county in northeastern Albania, with the capital in Kukës. The county spans and had a total population of 74,388 people as of 2021. The county borders on the counties of Dibër, Lezhë ...

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 The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

. It is situated in the ethnographic region known as the

Highlands of Gjakova The Highlands of Gjakova or Gjakova Highlands ( sq, Malësia e Gjakovës) refers to the mountainous ethnographic region in the eastern Albanian Alps that sits between north-eastern Albania and western Kosovo, serving as the historical centres of ...

. Brisë is a settlement within

Nikaj The Nikaj are an historical Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in the Highlands of Gjakova of north Albania. The Nikaj tribe is a traditional ''fis'' in the sense of being a community that claims paternal descent from one common ancestor, cons ...

tribal territory, and it is therefore inhabited by members of the Nikaj tribe. The etymology of the village's name comes from the Albanian word ''brinjë'' (meaning 'horns'), and was recorded in 1485 under the name Brisha. It is one of the outermost villages of the Gjakova Highlands, bordering the Dukagjin Highlands to the west and north.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brisë Populated places in Tropojë Villages in Kukës County