Etymology

Metohija

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Serbo-Croatian Метохија
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  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromМетохија
  2. English todayMetohija

From Serbo-Croatian Метохија (Metohija), from Greek μετόχι (metóchi, “land around a monastery”) + Serbo-Croatian -ија (-ija, “-ia”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.