Tašmaruništa | |
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Village | |
Ташмаруништа | |
Coordinates: 41°16′18″N 20°38′22″E / 41.27167°N 20.63944°E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Southwestern |
Municipality | Struga |
Elevation | 997 m (3,271 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 210 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Area code | +38946 |
Car plates | SU |
Website | . |
Tašmaruništa ( Macedonian: Ташмаруништа) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.
The placename Tašmaruništa is a hybrid toponym formed from two terms, the Turkish word Taş meaning stone or rock alongside the Slavic Moruništa, which itself is formed from the word Morun and the suffix išta. [1] Within an older map done by the village is recorded as Moroništa and Pianka Włodzimierz notes that it would not be inconceivable that the sound u has been substituted for o. [1] Regarding the term Morun, Włodzimierz proposes that it could be from the word Moruna, a term for sturgeon fish (Acipenser huso) or from Morun, a personal name stemming from the Greco-Latin Maron, and similar to the name Marin. [1] Of the second context, Włodzimierz contends it could have served as patronymic name as in the nearby toponym Labuništa - Albanopolis alongside the structural function and transformation of the suffix. [1] Włodzimierz notes more research of older documentation needs to be done to be able to resolve that issue. [1]
During the mid-fourteenth century, Aromanians possibly were the inhabitants of Golema Vlaj, a settlement that was partially north of Struga located on the current site of modern Tašmaruništa. [2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Tašmaruništa was inhabited by 400 Bulgarian Christians and 70 Muslim Albanians. [3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 210 inhabitants. [4] Ethnic groups in the village include: [4]