Settlement

Thanëza (Vrapçiqi)

Municipality Gjilan

Thanëza (Vrapçiqi) is in the municipality of Gjilan. An Ottoman register from 1455 documents the settlement with 6 households and 1 unmarried man. A later register from 1566 documents the settlement under the form Virabçik with 22 households and 5 unmarried men.

The register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Ivrapeçik. For 1998–99, the source documents expulsion.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 6.

Source entry: THANËZA (Vrapçiqi)

This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.

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