Editing Prilep (section)

==Name==
[[File:Prilep and Marko's Towers.jpg|thumbnail|View of Prilep and the surrounding mountains]]

The name of Prilep appeared first as ''Πρίλαπος'' in Greek (''Prilapos''){{refn|group=nb|Appearing as ''Πρίλαπον'' in the source.<ref>{{cite web |title=Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν |trans-title=Synopsis of Histories |last=Scylitzes |first=Ioannes |author-link=John Skylitzes|url=http://users.uoa.gr/~nektar/history/tributes/byzantine_historians/joannes_scylitzes_synopsis_historiarum.htm |language=el |access-date=2025-05-16}}</ref>}} in 1014 as the place where [[Samuel of Bulgaria]] had died after the [[Battle of Kleidion]]. The town was attached literally to the rocky hilltop above, and its name derives from [[Old Slavic]], and means “stuck on the rock” <ref>Mihajlovski, Robert. (2011). The Medieval Town of Prilep, p. 217. In: Basileia, Essays on Imperium and Culture in Honour of E.M. and M.J. Jeffreys, Editors: Geoffrey Nathan and [[Lynda Garland]], Brill, {{ISBN|9004344896}}, pp. 217-230.</ref> (pri- + lep = on + stuck).

In other languages it is:
* [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Prilapos'', Πρίλαπος
* {{langx|sq|Përlep}} or ''Përlepi'', or ''Prilep'' or ''Prilepi''
* [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] and [[Serbo-Croatian]]: Прилеп / ''Prilep''
* [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Prilapum''
* {{langx|rup|Pãrleap}}<ref>[https://repository.ukim.mk/bitstream/20.500.12188/6782/1/The_war_of_numbers_and_its_first_victim.pdf The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)]</ref>
* {{langx|tr|Pirlepe}}, or ''Perlepe''