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zupan

zupan noun: the leader of a župa, or administrative unit, among various South Slavic peoples.

Noun

zupan (plural zupans)

  1. The leader of a župa, or administrative unit, among various South Slavic peoples.

Proper noun capitalized: Zupan

Zupan (plural Zupans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of zupan

Noun
pluralzupans
Proper noun
pluralZupans

Origin of zupan

Of Slavic origin, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”), via: * Slovene Zupan, from zupan. * Slovene Župan, from župan. * Serbo-Croatian Župan, from župan. Compare Supan, Suppan.

Words formed from zupan

Questions about zupan

What does zupan mean?
Zupan means the leader of a župa, or administrative unit, among various South Slavic peoples.
What part of speech is zupan?
Zupan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of zupan?
The plural of zupan is zupans.

Words near zupan in the dictionary

  1. Zuoying
  2. Zuoyun
  3. Zuozhen
  4. zup
  5. zupa
  6. zupan
  7. zupanate
  8. zupanates
  9. Zupancic
  10. Zupancics
  11. zupans

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