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21-728: Drin may refer to: Drin (river) , a river in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia Drin Valley , the valley in northern and eastern Albania, North Macedonia, and Kosovo along the Drin river Drin, a townland in County Down , Northern Ireland Drins, a group of chlorinated insecticides whose names end in "-drin": Aldrin Dieldrin Endrin [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

42-487: A ' bowed ' line, reflecting its similarity to the weapon. Even according to the most restrictive definitions, various pairs of sounds and meanings of bow , Bow and bough are homonyms , homographs , homophones , heteronyms , heterographs , capitonyms and are polysemous . A lime can refer to a fruit or a material . A mold ( mould ) can refer to a fungus or an industrial cast . The words there , their , and they're are examples of three words that are of

63-554: A set of homonyms is called homonymy , and the associated adjective is homonymous , homonymic , or in Latin, equivocal . Additionally, the adjective homonymous can be used wherever two items share the same name, independent of how closely they are related in terms of their meaning or etymology. For example, the word "once" (meaning "one time") is homonymous with the term for "eleven" in Spanish ( once ). The word homonym comes from

84-404: A single pronunciation and spelling (the weapon and the knot); two meanings with two different pronunciations (the knot and the act of bending at the waist), and two distinct meanings sharing the same sound but different spellings ( bow , the act of bending at the waist, and bough , the branch of a tree). In addition, it has several related but distinct meanings – a bent line is sometimes called

105-457: A singular pronunciation, have different spellings and vastly different meanings. These three words are commonly misused (or, alternatively, misspelled). The words metal and mettle are polysemes and homophones, but not homographs. Homonymy can lead to communicative conflicts and thus trigger lexical ( onomasiological ) change. This is known as homonymic conflict . This leads to a species of informal fallacy of thought and argument called by

126-401: Is also a capitonym, in that Fluke Corporation (commonly referred to as simply "Fluke") is a manufacturer of industrial testing equipment. Similarly, a river bank , a savings bank , a bank of switches, and a bank shot in the game of pool share a common spelling and pronunciation, but differ in meaning. The words bow and bough are examples where there are two meanings associated with

147-568: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Drin (river) At 285 kilometres (177 miles) long, the Drin is the longest river of Albania and its tributaries cross through both Kosovo and North Macedonia. Its northern tributary, the White Drin starts from the foothills of Žljeb , at White Drin Waterfall in west Kosovo, and flows generally south, whereas its southern tributary,

168-520: Is extremely important for the Albanian economy, especially for its electrical production. The three largest hydropower facilities produce 70.6% of Albania's electricity (approx. 1400MW of total installed capacity). North Macedonia has built two hydropower plants – Globocica (42 MW) and Spilje Hydro Power Plant (84 MW) on the Black Drin. The artificial Lake Fierza created by the dam at Fierzë

189-543: Is the largest artificial lake in Albania with its surface of 73 km . The second largest artificial lake is also built on this river. Vau i Dejës lake has an area of 25 km . Construction of the Fierza power station caused some controversy in the 1980s. Without reaching any agreement, the Albanian government ordered the reservoir to be filled with water, which flooded some border areas of Kosovo , then part of Yugoslavia . The Yugoslav government protested, but no solution

210-748: The Adriatic Sea through its two distributaries in Buna river and west of Lezhë . Located in the Balkan Peninsula at the crossroad of Europe and Asia , the river basin's varied climate and topography have shaped a vast array of flora and fauna . In addition, it has been recognized as one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in Europe. The Drin Delta is classified as an Important Bird Area of international importance by designation under

231-666: The BirdLife International Convention. The name of the river is recorded in Ancient Greek as Drilon (Δρίλων) and in Latin as Drinus . The name is considered to be of Illyrian origin. The form Drin- has been evidenced by Pliny the Elder ( fl. 1st century AD) and is most likely primary. The ancient name Drinus has undergone sound changes reaching the current Albanian form Drin through

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252-719: The Dukagjini highlands , flowing then to the south through Apripë e Gurit, Toplanë, Dushman, Koman , Vjerdhë Mazrrek, Rragam, and Pale Lalej. At Vau i Dejës , it enters the low Shkodër Field and splits into two distributaries. One empties into the Gulf of Drin into the Adriatic Sea southwest of Lezhë , forming the Mouth of Drin. The other empties into the Bojana River near the Rozafa Castle . The Black Drin flows out from

273-476: The Greek ὁμώνυμος ( homonymos ), meaning "having the same name," compounded from ὁμός ( homos ) "common, same, similar" and ὄνομα ( onoma ) "name." Several similar linguistic concepts are related to homonymy. These include: A homonym which is both a homophone and a homograph is fluke , meaning: These meanings represent at least three etymologically separate lexemes , but share the one form, fluke . Fluke

294-581: The Lake Ohrid near Struga through western North Macedonia and then eastern Albania. The White Drin originates from the Žljeb mountain, north of the town of Peja in the Metohija region of Kosovo , and flows from there through to Albania. The basin encompasses the transboundary subbasins of Lake Shkodër (largest lake in Southern Europe), Lake Ohrid (one of the most ancient lakes in

315-532: The Black Drin originates from Ohrid lake in the town of Struga , North Macedonia and flows north. Both tributaries' confluence occurs near Kukës in northeast Albania and Drin then flows westwards through the Albanian Alps and Dukagjin Highlands , where three successive dams were erected between 1960s and late 1980s, forming 3 large artificial lakes. The Drin then passes Vau i Dejës and drains into

336-531: The World), Lake Prespa and Small Prespa Lake and also the tributaries, namely Black Drin , White Drin and Bojana River . All these subbasins and tributaries are home to numerous species of mammals , vascular plants , insects , amphibians , fish and birds . Drin river contains the largest hydroelectric power station group in the Balkans regarding the installed capacity and reservoir capacity. The Drin

357-421: The evolution of Albanian sound changes . The Macedonian name of the river is Дрим, Drim . Homonym rivers are Drino between southern Albania and northwestern Greece , and Drina between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia . After the confluence of its two tributaries, near the town of Kukës in the northeast Albania , Drin flows west, passing through the Albanian Alps and Fierzë then upon reaching

378-451: The pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person) and the pair left ( past tense of leave ) and left (opposite of right ). A distinction is sometimes made between true homonyms, which are unrelated in origin, such as skate (glide on ice) and skate (the fish), and polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, which have a shared origin, such as mouth (of a river) and mouth (of an animal). The relationship between

399-663: The same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones —words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both. Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument) are homonyms because they are homographs (though only the first two are homophones); so are the words see (vision) and sea (body of water), because they are homophones (though not homographs). A more restrictive and technical definition requires that homonyms be simultaneously homographs and homophones —that is, they have identical spelling and pronunciation but different meanings. Examples include

420-422: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drin&oldid=1179490152 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

441-650: Was agreed on. Thus, today, Lake Fierza is shared by Albania and Kosovo. The ancient name of the river was Drilon . The valley of the river was inhabited by several Illyrian peoples . It was probably dominated at some point and to some extent by the Enchele . The tribal territory of the Taulantii and of the Labeatae was most likely located near the river. Homonym In linguistics , homonyms are words which are either homographs —words that have

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