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The "Serbian renaissance" is said to have begun in 17th-century Banat. [56] The Serbian Revival began earlier than the Bulgarian National Revival. [57] The first revolt in the Ottoman Empire to acquire a national character was the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817), [55] which was the culmination of the Serbian renaissance. [58]
In the work About the Vlachs (1806), Metropolitan Stevan Stratimirović stated that Roman Catholics from Croatia and Slavonia scornfully used the name "Vlach" for "the Slovenians (Slavs) and Serbs, who are of our, Eastern [Orthodox] confession", and that "the Turks (Muslims) in Bosnia and Serbia also call every Bosnian or Serbian Christian a ...
The international name Slivovitz is derived from Serbian. [202] Plum and its products are of great importance to Serbs and part of numerous customs. [203] A Serbian meal usually starts or ends with plum products and Šljivovica is served as an aperitif. [203] A saying goes that the best place to build a house is where a plum tree grows best. [203]
Only Unity Saves the Serbs (Serbian: Само слога Србина спасава, romanized: Samo sloga Srbina spasava, [a] commonly abbreviated as СССС) is a popular motto and slogan in Serbia and among Serbs, often used as a rallying call during times of national crisis and against foreign domination.
The names of early Serbian rulers like Mutimir are Slavic dithematic names, as per Old Slavic tradition, until the 9th century and Christianization after which Christian names appear. [ 2 ] Demetrios Chomatenos ( Archbishop of Ohrid from 1216 to 1236) registered the naming culture of the South Slavs in Byzantine lands .
China and European Union candidate Serbia signed an agreement on Wednesday to build a “shared future,” making the Balkan country the first in Europe to agree on such a document with Beijing.
"Kosovo is Serbia" (Косово је Србија / Kosovo je Srbija), slogan and catch-phrase used in Serbia since Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence. " Serbia to Tokyo " (Србија до Токија / Srbija do Tokija ), slogan and catch-phrase used by both Serbian nationalists (to taunt rival neighbouring ethnic groups ) and Serbs ...
Sir Henry Pottinger, the 1st Governor of Hong Kong. It was not uncommon for British officials to be given translation of their names in history. Before getting a new translation, the name of the very first Hong Kong colonial governor, Henry Pottinger, was originally translated as 煲 顛 茶 or Bōu Dīn Chàh in Cantonese [7] which phonetically rhymes with his family name Pottinger fairly ...