Other Serb-sounding Names
This is a list of Serb-sounding place names that some researchers are connecting with Serbs:
- In Russia: Serbino, Serbi, Serbinovka, Sarbaka
- In Poland: Serbentinije, Serbentini, Serbinov, Sjerbovice, Sarbice, Sarbijevo, Sarbin
- In Lithuania: Serben, Serbigal
- Near the Baltic Sea: Sarbske
- On the Caucasus: Serab, Servičaj
- In Mesopotamia: Sorbatje, Serbis (river)
In Afghanistan and Pakistan there is a tribal group of Pashtuns called Sarbans / Sarbani. Their name is similar to the name of Caucasian tribe named Sarban (Sarbani), which some researchers connected to Serbs.
Some researches are also trying to connect Serb name with other somewhat similar names such are Siberia (region in Russia), Sibiru (island near Sumatra), Seri or Sereri (ancient people in Central Asia), Montes Serrorum (old name for Carpathians), Sarmatia (ancient region in Eastern Europe), Sirmium (city in ancient Pannonia), etc.
Aside from place names in Poland, whose part, together with Lusatia, is seen as area of historical White Serbia, there is no general scientific consensus that any of the mentioned names is related to modern Serbs.
Read more about this topic: Origin Of The Serbs
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