Peja

See also: peja and pèja

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Peja, definite nominative of Pejë. Ultimately from Serbo-Croatian peć (“furnace”), which probably refers to the hermitaries in the caves of nearby Rugova Canyon formerly inhabited by Serbian Orthodox monks.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Peja

  1. The fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
  2. A district of Kosovo.
  3. A municipality of Kosovo.

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See also

  • Rugova

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Albanian

Proper noun

Peja

  1. definite nominative singular of Pejë
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