Baiana
Italian
Proper noun
Baiana f (obsolete)
- alternative form of Boiana
- 1515, Carlo Hopf, editor, Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, Berlin, published 1873, page 305:
- E della stirpe del prefato Magnamo nacque Balsa Re, al quale pervenne in uso potere quella parte della Bajana prossima a Scutari persino al mare, et hebbe Scutari, Antivari, Cataro, Alesio con tutta una parte della Dalmatia, e Drivasto, benchè tributaria per l'accordo annuale
- And from the descend of the aforementioned Magnamo was born Balsa Re, who obtained the power over part of the Buna near Shkodër all the way to the sea, and he obtained Shkodër, Bar, Kotor, Lezhë with a whole part of Dalmatia, and Drisht, although tributary for the annual agreement
References
- Elsie Hydronimica, page 7