Mećava ( sr-Cyrl, Мећава, ), is a
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* 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 ...
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
and literally means ''
snowstorm''. It's mostly found in
Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Croatia.
The vast majority of bearers of the surname are
Eastern Orthodox (
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
) and declare as ethnic
Serbs, although there are some
Catholics
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(
Croats) with the surname.
Most of the Orthodox maintain the tradition of
''slava'' (patron saint veneration) of
Saint George (''
Đurđevdan'').
It may refer to the following people:
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Mile Mećava
Mile Mećava ( sr-Cyrl, Миле Мећава, ; 1915 – June 4, 1942) was a Yugoslav Partisan and a hero from World War II.
Early life
Mećeva was born in 1915 in a Serbian family from the village Vlaškovci, in the Condominium of Bosnia and ...
(1915–1942), a Bosnian Serb farmer,
Partisan
Partisan may refer to:
Military
* Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
Films
* ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film
* ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...
and a hero from
World War II.
*
Petar Mećava Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter.
Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra
...
(1914–1944), a Croatian Serb military officer and a hero from
World War II.
References
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Surnames
Surnames of Croatian origin
Surnames of Serbian origin