Progon
Progon is a native Albanian name. It is found as a personal name and toponym. Its forms include Progër and Progjen.[1][2]
People with the name include:
- Progoni family, who established the first documented Albanian state, the Principality of Arbanon
- Progon, Lord of Kruja, a late 12th-century Byzantine-Albanian lord and first known Albanian ruler
- Progonos Sgouros, a Byzantine Albanian senior military commander
See also
- Progonat, a village in the Kurvelesh region, whose name contains the Albanian suffix -at, commonly used in toponyms[3][4]
- Progër, a village near Korçë
References
- ^ Dhrimo, Ali (1982). Studime filologjike (in Albanian). Akademia e Shkencave, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë. p. 135.
- ^ Winnifrith, Tom (2021). Nobody's Kingdom: A History of Northern Albania. Andrews UK Limited. p. 110.
- ^ Çabej, Eqerem (1976). Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat. Biblioteka Linguistikë (in Albanian). Rilindja. p. 210.
- ^ Dhrimo, Ali (2008). Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Infbotues. p. 425.