Βουθρωτον and Βουθρωτος Bouthrōtón, Buthrōtum was an ancient Illyrian city in Epirus inhabited since prehistoric times by the Albanians ancestors. "Buthrotum" derives from an Illyrian word that translates as *bouthos in "Greek" and is related to modern Albanian *buzë (shore) and Βουθρωτον as *buzë-reth(circle). Bouthroton> boutroth(on)>bousroth>bous roth>bouz reth> buze reth (shore circle) At the edge (shore) of the circle is located the city of Butrint. The edge/lip of the circle is the etymology of the name Butrint, a compound of the Albanian language words buze (shore) of the reth (circle)". Buzë was an Illyrian word that is rendered as *bouthos in ancient "Greek" and is related to modern Albanian word buzë (lip, shore, edge) Buze (lip, edge, shore) Reth (circle). CONLUSION: "at the shore of the circle" is the etymology of the name Butrint. PS: The Albanian standard of 1972 writes the word 'reth" as "rreth&q