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Župa
A župa, or zhupa, is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "county" or "parish". It was mentioned for the first time in the eighth century and was initially used by the South and West Slavs, denoting various territorial units of which the leader was the župan. In modern Serbo-Croatian, the term also refers to an ecclesiastical parish, in Slovene likewise for ''župnija'', while the related ''županija'' is used in Croatia for lower administrative subdivisions, and likewise by Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina (as a synonym for ''kanton''). Etymology The word ''župa'' or ' ( Slovak and Czech: ; Polish: ; Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian: ; adopted into and rendered in Greek as (, "land ruled by a župan")), is derived from Slavic. Its medieval Latin equivalent was . It is mostly translated into "county" or "district". According to Kmietowicz, it seems that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
župan
Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županija). The term in turn was adopted by the Hungarians as ''ispán'' and spread further. Origin of the title The exact origin of the title is not definitively known and there have been several hypotheses: Slavic (Franz Miklosich), Turkic-Avarian (A. Bruckner), Iranian (F. Altheim), Proto-Indo-European (V. Machek), Indo-European (D. Dragojević), Illyrian-Thracian (K. Oštir), Old-Balkan (M. Budimir), among others. Francis Dvornik considered it having an Indo-European or Iranian origin. There's no similar Proto-Slavic word, but the title was preserved primarily among the Slav, Slavic peoples and their neighbours who were under their influence. The title origin is not necessarily related to the origin of the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |