Vodhinë


Vodhinë is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.

Name

The placename Vodhinë is derived from either the Bulgarian word вода, voda meaning 'water' and the suffix -ьн, -yn with the old reflex ь becoming i or from a personal name Водьо, Vodyo and the suffix ин, in. Through the Greek language the d sound in the toponym became dh.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 332 in 1992.