Talk:Durrës/Archive 2

Serbian name
article. There is no point in giving the Serbian name here. You can add it to this article if you want: Latin names of European cities. If we were to add the spelling in each language it would clog up the article. It's not like there is a large Serbian minority in the city, so I see no point in mentioning it here. The city was invaded by Serbs, but it's not like you can't use the Albanian form for that. --Dori 03:10, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I think the Serbian name (and other names differing from the Albanian form) should be mentioned here (although not in the first paragraph), as this is very useful information (if we know the name, we can seek information under it). It should be in the paragraph where "Durazzo" is mentioned. The article won't clog up because most languages use the Albanian form.

The article Latin names of European cities is for Latin names only. And even then, I would mention the Latin name in each article.

When an article contains too much information, we might write a summary and link to more specific articles. As to now, it makes no sense to me to have a link to the Serbian name instead of citing it. And if we have no link, then probably it cannot be found. One has to suspect about the existence of the Serbian name in the first place. Andres 08:34, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

lists Albanian variants (including definite forms) of the name and some forms in other languages. Drač is both Serbian, Croatian and Czech. Draç is Turkish. Is Durz or Durts German? And "Enver Hoxha" apparently used to be the official name some time. Andres 09:15, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Драч seems to be used along with Дурес in Bulgarian. Andres 09:52, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Shouldn't Durazzo be mentioned in the beginning? Cities who historically have had mixed ethnicities or have come under the rule of multiple states frequently have alternate city names listed in the beginning or clearly listed later in the article. For examples, see Antwerp, Ljubljana, Szczecin, Bratislava, Vilnius, Skopje etc. Also, shouldn't the history section be expanded to include information concerning the years between 1107 and 1878? Olessi 02:05, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes and yes, I think. The important thing, let me add, is not ethnicities at all, but names commonly used in English. Durazzo is very commonly used in English and is, perhaps, still a more well-known name than "Durrës" - it was certainly used as the principle name until well into the latter half of the twentieth century. john k 03:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

BTW, isn't this sentence rather bizarre: "During much of antiquity the city was known as Epidamnos, and later the Romans popularized the name Dyrrachium due mainly to the fact that Epidamnos was unfamiliar to their ears."? Surely there were other reasons for the Romans giving it a new name - and why that particular new name? john k 15:14, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * From 1911: "As the name Epidamnus sounded to Roman ears like an evil omen, as though it were derived from the Latin damnum, loss or harm, the alternative name of Dyrrachium, which the city possibly received from the rugged nature of the adjoining sea-coast, came into general use." Olessi 21:35, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Epidamnus and the Peloponnesian War
A great deal of the surviving information on ancient Epidamnus has come down to us through the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. In fact, it was the events in Epidamnus that sparked the War. I think that a relevant section should be included when discussing the ancient history of the city.

Incorrect coordinates in Geography section
Durrës lies mostly between latitudes 41° and 18° N and longitudes 19° and 26° E. at the start of the geography section is incorrect Ambrosen (talk) 01:09, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I have deleted this sentence. Verbcatcher (talk) 16:02, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 August 2021
add this flag:Durres City Flag.png, thank you. Lim1345 (talk) 09:34, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:51, 24 August 2021 (UTC)