Shëmri, Kukës

Shëmri
Village
Shëmri
Coordinates: 42°6′5″N 20°13′56″E
Country	Albania
County	Kukës
Municipality	Kukës
Municipal unit	Malzi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	8512

Shëmri (Albanian definite form: Shëmria) is a village in the former municipality of Malzi in Kukës County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës.^[1]

Etymology

A church dedicated to Saint Mary existed in the village before the mid-17th century, when the Ottomans decided to destroy it. The name Shëmri is thought to derive from it, with the Albanian translation for Saint Mary being Shën Mëri.^[2]

Shëmri was recorded as Shinmiri in three different 16th-century Ottoman defters, and as Shën Mëri by Frang Bardhi and sq:Shtjefën Gaspri in 1638 and 1671 respectively.^[3]

From the 18th century onwards it is recorded as Shëmri.^[4]

References

1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. Hoxha 2013, pp. 59
3. Hoxha 2013, pp. 52–53
4. Hoxha 2013, p. 53

Bibliography

• Hoxha, Shefqet (2013). Malziu (Bubrrime historike-etnologjike-folklorike-gjuhësore) (in Albanian). Mirgeeralb. ISBN 978-99280-7-196-5.