Tanush is the
Albanian
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variant of the Greek given name
Athanasius, loaned from Latin.
Where the fricative /θ/ becomes the stop /t/, this shows that the name passed through Latin before entering Albanian; the Greek-derived equivalent is the name and onomastic element
Thanas.
[Riska, Albert (2013)]
"The Christian Saints in the (Micro)toponymy of Albania"
''Anglisticum Journal (IJLLIS)'' vol 2 issue 3. Pages 167-176. Page 172 The Albanian definite form is ''Tanushi''. In Latin, it was written ''Tanusius'', while in Italian ''Tanussio'' and ''Tanusso''. It may refer to:
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Tanusio Thopia (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1329–38), Angevin Albanian count
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Tanush Thopia (died 1467), nobleman
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Little Tanush ( 1423–33), nobleman
Tanush is also an
onomastic element and appears in the following Albanian language toponyms:
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Tanuše ( sq, Tanushaj), an Albanian village of the
Upper Reka
Upper Reka ( mk, Горна Река, Gorna Reka; ), meaning "Upper river", is a geographic and ethnographic subregion of the broader Reka region of western North Macedonia, including settlements within the upper left portion of the Municipali ...
region,
Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality,
North Macedonia
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Tanuševci
Tanuševci ( mk, Танушевци, sq, Tanushë) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, Republic of North Macedonia.
Name
The name comes from the Albanian name Tanush.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Tanuševci had 304 res ...
( sq, Tanushë), an Albanian village,
Čučer-Sandevo Municipality, North Macedonia
See also
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Thanas
References
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Albanian masculine given names
Albanian-language surnames