Tanuševci (, ) is a

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in the

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Čučer-Sandevo Čučer-Sandevo () is a village in Republic of North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Čučer-Sandevo Municipality. Geography The village is located in the northern part of the Skopje Valley, in the central part of the territory of the Municipality ...

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Name

Tanuševci, in local Albanian Tanushë comes from the name

Tanush Tanush is the Albanian language, Albanian variant of the Greek given name Athanasius (disambiguation), Athanasius, loaned from Latin. Where the fricative /θ/ becomes the stop /t/, this shows that the name passed through Latin before entering Albani ...

. Tanush is the

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variant of the Greek given name

Athanasius Athanasius I of Alexandria ( – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius ...

, loaned from

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

. Where the fricative /θ/ becomes the stop /t/, this shows that the name passed through Latin before entering Albanian; the

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-derived equivalent is the name and onomastic element Thanas. The Albanian definite form is Tanushi. In Latin, it was written Tanusius, while in

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

Tanussio and Tanusso''.'' Other people / places with similar etymologies are * Tanusio Thopia (

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1329–38), Angevin Albanian count * Tanush Thopia (died 1467), nobleman * Little Tanush (fl. 1423–33), nobleman * Tanuše (

: ''Tanushaj''), an Albanian village of the Upper Reka region,

Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality Mavrovo or Mavrova can refer to: * Mavrovo (region), a region in North Macedonia * Mavrovo National Park, a national park in North Macedonia * Mavrovo Lake, a lake in North Macedonia * Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality, a municipality in North Mace ...

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Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Tanuševci had 304 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Albanians 212 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 92 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 417 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 192. *

Albanians The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...

409 *Others 8

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Villages in Čučer-Sandevo Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{ČučerSandevo-geo-stub

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