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ٳܰë
[ door-uhs; Albanian door-ruhs ]
noun
- a seaport in W Albania, on the Adriatic: important ancient city.
ٳܰë
/ ˈܰə /
noun
- a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 114 000 (2003 est) Italian nameDuraz Ancient namesEpidamnusˌɛpɪˈdæmnəsDyrrachiumdəˈreɪkɪəm
Example Sentences
The Homeland Justice channel has featured regular posts denouncing M.E.K., the Iranian opposition group, as terrorists and demanding that Albania shut down a camp run by the group near the port city of Durres or face further mayhem.
“Why should our taxes be spent on the terrorists of Durres?” asked another message.
Durres has sea connections to the Italian port of Bari.
Albania and Iran have had tense relations since 2014, when Albania accepted some 3,000 members of the exiled opposition group People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran, also known by its Farsi name Mujahideen-e-Khalq, who have settled in a camp near Durres, the country's main port.
Manez is a town in the Durres County and is the location of a camp where about 3,000 MEK members have been allowed to live since 2013 at the request of the US and United Nations.
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