Nikollë Gazulli

Nikollë Gazulli (Dajç, 15 June 1895 – Vrith, 23 March 1946) was a parish priest and Albanologist lexicographer with an interest in ethnography. He wrote the first onomastic dictionary of Albanian and is known as the co-founder of lexicography in the language along with , though Gazulli would be the last cleric to publish in the field within Albania’s borders. Linguist Aleksandër Xhuvani called him the "Father of Albanian toponymy, while Father Zef Pllumi called him “the greatest expert the [Gregj Fishta] Franciscan Library ever had [on staff]." Despite his contributions, he was held in damnatio memoriae by the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and therefore never mentioned in Albanological discourse during its rule.

Nikollë Gazulli

Nikollë Gazulli (Dajç, 15 June 1895 – Vrith, 23 March 1946) was a parish priest and Albanologist lexicographer with an interest in ethnography. He wrote the first onomastic dictionary of Albanian and is known as the co-founder of lexicography in the language along with , though Gazulli would be the last cleric to publish in the field within Albania’s borders. Linguist Aleksandër Xhuvani called him the "Father of Albanian toponymy, while Father Zef Pllumi called him “the greatest expert the [Gregj Fishta] Franciscan Library ever had [on staff]." Despite his contributions, he was held in damnatio memoriae by the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and therefore never mentioned in Albanological discourse during its rule.