Ujëra

Ujëra is a term in Albanian that can refer to more than one concept. As a common noun, ujëra means waters or streams and appears in literary and descriptive Albanian to denote bodies of water in a general sense or in scenery descriptions of landscapes. In some contexts it may function to refer collectively to a system of watercourses.

As a toponym, ujëra is used as the name of places in Albanian-speaking areas. Toponymic use often reflects geographic features near rivers, springs, or wetlands, with settlements taking their names from nearby water resources. Etymology: the root ujë means water in Albanian; the suffix -ra is common in forming plural or placename forms, yielding the compound form ujëra. The standard plural of ujë in Albanian is ujërat, but ujëra persists in dialectal speech and in place names.

In usage, the word may appear in historical documents, maps, and modern Albanian texts, typically without capitalization when used as a common noun; as a proper name, it is capitalized. The term thus operates at the intersection of language and geography, illustrating how natural features influence place naming and everyday speech.