Bucchia
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The House of Buća (; in Italian Bucchia) was a noble Serbian family that served the Republic of Ragusa, and one of the most important families to come out of Kotor. A cadet branch was admitted to the nobility of the Republic of Ragusa, another branch moved instead to Šibenik.
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- Name
- History
- Origin and early history
- Service in Serbia
- Service in the Republic of Ragusa
- Recent History
- Members
- See also
- References
- Sources
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The House of Buća (; in Italian Bucchia) was a noble Serbian family that served the Republic of Ragusa, and one of the most important families to come out of Kotor. A cadet branch was admitted to the nobility of the Republic of Ragusa, another branch moved instead to Šibenik.
==Name== The family is known in Serbian sources as Buća,(Cyrillic: Бућа) but also as Bućić or Bučić. In Latin, Italian and French sources they are known in a variety of forms, mostly Bucchia or de Bucchia, but also Bucchich, Buchia, Buche, Buchi, Buchie, de Bucha, de Buchia, de Bucho, de Buça, Boce o Buca. Other versions found in Serbo-Croatian include Buča and Bućin.