Buyona

Middle Low German

Etymology

See Albanian Bunë for more.

Proper noun

Buyona

  1. Buna (a river in Albania and Montenegro)
    • 1497, Arnold von Harff, Die Pilgerfahrt, Köln: J. M. Heberle, published 1860, page 66, lines 10–16:
      item hie zo Velona kompt eyn groyss suess fleyssende wasser Buyona geheysschen viss der Turckijen gelouffen van norden wartz hie in dat mer ind kupt her aff louffen van Sckuterym geheyschen eyn groisse vaste stat, die der turcksche keyser in kurttzen vurgangen jaeren der heirschaff van Venedich aeff gewonnen hait.
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References

  • Elsie Hydronimica, page 7
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