Behind the Name: Serbian Submitted Place Names

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

BEOGRAD (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of Belgrade.

BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA (Country) Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

EVROPA (Region) Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Europe.

ISLAND (Country) Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Breton, Czech, Estonian, German, Serbian, Slovak, Croatian
Form of Iceland.

KAVKAZ (Region) Russian, Chechen, Ingush, Karachay-Balkar, Ossetian, Ukrainian, Avar, Lezgin, Chuvash, Kazakh, Croatian, Bosnian, Czech, Uzbek, Macedonian, Serbian, Tatar
Form of Caucasus.

SARAJEVO (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name is believed to be derived from the term saray ovası meaning "the plains around the palace". The first element is derived from the Turkish word saray meaning "palace"... [more]

SRBIJA (Country) Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian form of Serbia.

TUNIS (Settlement & Country) English, Arabic, Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Armenian
Derived from the name تُونِس (tūnis), of disputed meaning. One theory suggests Berber origin from the Tamazight root ⵜⵏⵙ (tns) meaning "to lay down" or "encampment" or ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night", Others state that the name is from Tanith, the name of a Phoenician goddess, or from Tynes, the name of an ancient city... [more]

UZBEKISTAN (Country) English, Russian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Swedish, Swahili, Indonesian, Serbian, Malay
The first element, Uzbek, is of uncertain etymology. One theory suggests that the name is a combination of Turkic uz meaning "genuine" and the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master", ultimately from Sogdian bek... [more]

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