Velahovë

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

Name

The toponym Velahovë is either derived from an ethnic name влах, Vlah meaning 'Aromanian'; or based on older evidence it is from a personal name Велих, Velih from the Bulgarian dialectal word вели, veli meaning 'great, high' and the suffix -ов-а, ov-a.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 142 in 1992.