Qeleposhi



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Name: Qeleposhi

Gender: Unknown Gender

Location: Europe

Language: Albanian

Thematic: Unknown Thematic

Meaning: Qeleposhi is an Albanian surname. It belongs to a tribe (fis)in northern part of Albania (Babine, Tropoje). According to an orally transmitted story, too many years ago, a young man from this “fis” killed another person in his neighbour village and while he escaped, people were asking who killed their men. Someone told that he saw a man with a rifle in his hand and wearing a hood called “qeleposhe”. Since then, all the people belonging to this tribe (fis) were called Qeleposhi. Another tale state that this name generates from a mushroom’s name Qeleposhe or Qelepotche, a red mushroom with white spots.The tale will continue.

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