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- Proto-Slavic · derived from*županъ
- Slovene · derived fromžupan
- Serbo-Croatian · derived fromžupan
- Upper Sorbian · derived fromžupan
- Lower Sorbian · derived fromžupan
- English todaySchuppan
Germanized form of Župan, from Lower Sorbian župan, Upper Sorbian župan, Serbo-Croatian župan, and Slovene župan, all meaning "head of a district." Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.