Krajišnik ( sr-cyr, Крајишник) is a village in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. It is situated in the
Sečanj municipality,
Central Banat District
The Central Banat District ( sr, Средњобанатски округ, Srednjobanatski okrug, ; hu, Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geogr ...
,
Vojvodina province. The village has a
Serb ethnic majority (91.83%) and its population is 2,241 people (2002 census).
Name
In
Serbian
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* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
, the village is known as ''Krajišnik'' or Крајишник, in
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
as ''Stefansfeld'', in
Hungarian as ''Istvánfölde'' (until 1890 ''Stefanföld''), and in
Croatian as ''Krajišnik''. The name is derived from the word ''
Krajina Krajina () is a Slavic toponym, meaning 'frontier' or 'march'. The term is related to ''kraj'' or ''krai'', originally meaning 'edge'Rick Derksen (2008), ''Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon'', Brill: Leiden-Boston, page 244 an ...
'', and means "a resident of Krajina".
Its former name used in Serbian was Šupljaja / Шупљаја. This name is found in the records since 1660.
Historical population
*1869: 2,329
*1900: 2,344
*1948: 3,926
*1953: 3,733
*1961: 3,357
*1971: 2,712
*1981: 2,495
*1991: 2,428
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
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List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ...
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Populated places in Serbian Banat
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