Leshnicë e Poshtme
Leshnicë e Poshtme is a village in the Vlorë County in Albania, adjacent to the Greek-Albanian borders. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq. It is located less than 1 km north-west of the Greek border.
Name
The placename Leshnicë has several possible origins. The Bulgarian word леска, leska meaning 'hazel bush' and the suffix -ьн-иц-а, -an-its-a, with the Slavic sound change sk and y into sht and further into sh. The Bulgarian dialectal form лес, les, rendered in old Slavic as лѣсь, les meaning 'forest' and the suffix -ьн+ -иц-а, an+ -its-a, with an old Albanian sound change s into sh. The Bulgarian лешница leshnica meaning 'European bladdernut'. Or from Лес/Леш -ин, Les/Lesh -in and the suffix -иц-а, -its-a, with loss of the unemphasized i.
Geography
The village is situated on an altitude of 648 meters above the sea-level.
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks. The population was 553 in 1992.