Ardhasovë


Ardhasovë is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.

Name

Linguist Yordan Zaimov reconstructs the toponym as Радашово, Radashovo. Linguist Xhelal Ylli states the reconstruction is uncertain, although the Slavic possessive suffix indicates that a Slavic name giver must be considered. The root is unclear. In Albanian, there is ardhas and ardhacak meaning newcomer, a formation from the verb vij 'to come': erdha 'came': kam ardhur 'have come' and Ylli writes the placename is a hybrid formation.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 258 in 1992.