Kosovska Mitrovica - Name

Name

The city was named "Civitas Sancti Demetrii" in the 14th century after Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a name that later became "Mitrovica", as happened to other locations in the Balkans named after Saint Demetrius.

After Tito's death, when each of the constituent parts of Yugoslavia had to have one place named with the word 'Tito' (or 'Tito's') included, the city was also known as Titova Mitrovica (Титова Митровица) in Serbian or Mitrovica e Titos in Albanian.

The city is known as Kosovska Mitrovica (Косовска Митровица) in Serbian listen and Mitrovica or Mitrovicë in Albanian.

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