Brisë

Village in Kukës, Albania

42°18′N 19°56′E / 42.300°N 19.933°E / 42.300; 19.933Country

AlbaniaCountyKukësMunicipalityTropojëMunicipal unitLekbibajTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Brisë is a village in the administrative unit of Lekbibaj in Kukës County, Albania.^[1] It is situated in the ethnographic region known as the Highlands of Gjakova. Brisë is a settlement within Nikaj tribal territory, and it is therefore inhabited by members of the Nikaj tribe.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

References

^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Elsie, Robert (Apr 24, 2015). The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 149–153. ISBN 9780857725868.
^ "Nikaj-Merturi".
^ Sulaj, Avdyl (2010). "ONOMASTIKA E TROPOJËS". Albanological Research - Philological Sciences Series (40): 90.