Koshovicë

Koshovicë is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.
St. Mary's Monastery Church, located within the village, is a Religious Cultural Monument of Albania.

Name

The placename Koshovicë has several possible origins. The Slavic word кос, kos for the common blackbird and the suffix form ов-иц-а, ov-its-a with a sound change of s into sh through Old Albanian. Other derivations are from the Bulgarian word кош, kosh for 'basket' with the suffix form -ob+-иц-а, -ov+its-a giving a meaning of 'woven', or the toponym is formed from a personal name Кошо, Kosho.

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 188 inhabitants in 1895. The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 864 in 1992.