Po redaktohet Krujë (paragraf)

== Etymology ==

The name of the city is related to the [[Albanian language|Albanian]] word ''kroi'', ''krua'', meaning "[[fountain]]" or “water source”, from [[Proto-Albanian language|Proto-Albanian]] ''*krana'' < ''*krasna''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Orel|first=Vladimir|title=Albanian etymological dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJQYAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Brill|isbn=9004110240|page=198}}</ref><ref name=Elsie2005 />

The city was attested for the first time as ''Kroai'' (in [[Medieval Greek]] Κροαί) in [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] documents of the early 9th century.<ref SB">{{cite book | last=Brestovci| first=Sadulla | title=Gjurmime albanologjike: Seria e shkencave historike | publisher=Instituti | issue=v. 2-5 | year=1974| page=24}}</ref> In [[medieval Latin]] it was known as ''Croia'', ''Croya'' and ''Croarum''. During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] era it was also known as ''Ak Hisar'' or ''Akçahisar'' from the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] words ''ak'' (white) and ''hisar'' (castle).<ref>Elsie p.294</ref><ref name=Elsie2005>{{cite book|last1=Fishta|first1=Gjergj|last2=Elsie|first2=Robert|title=The Highland Lute|date=2005|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781845111182|page=434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j7tLgANw8hAC|language=en}}</ref>