župan
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Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županija). The term in turn was adopted by the Hungarians as ispán and spread further.
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13 sectionsContents
- Origin of the title
- Historical sources
- Etymology
- Usage of the title and division
- Bosnia
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrative unit župa (or zhupa, županija). The term in turn was adopted by the Hungarians as ispán and spread further.
==Origin of the title== The exact origin of the title is not definitively known and there have been several hypotheses: Slavic (Franz Miklosich), Turkic-Avarian (A. Bruckner), Iranian (F. Altheim), Proto-Indo-European (V. Machek), Indo-European (D. Dragojević), Illyrian-Thracian (K. Oštir), Old-Balkan (M. Budimir), among others. Francis Dvornik considered it having an Indo-European or Iranian origin. There is no similar Proto-Slavic word, but the title was preserved primarily among the Slavic peoples and their neighbours who were under their influence.