Ceklin
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Ceklin is one of the old clans of Montenegro
, belonging to the Riječka Nahija (River Province). The origins of this tribe are from the base of Ceklinštak Mountain. This feuding tribe expanded in the late 17th century until finally it hit Skadar Lake and Rijeka Crnojevića
(Crnojević River) by the 18th century. The tribe seat is at the village of Ceklin, which comprises thirteen brotherhoods. Other villages in the tribal region are: Strugari, Ulici, Bokovo, Jankovići, Đalci, Drušići, Rvaši, Zagora, Bobija, Vranjina, Dujeva (with smaller villages/subsections: Mihaljevići, Trnovi Do and Riječani), town of Žabljak (with many brotherhoods) and at the end of the territory known as Riječka Okolina and Varošica Rijeka in which there are other occupants.(written by Nikola V.Popovic).
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, belonging to the Riječka Nahija (River Province). The origins of this tribe are from the base of Ceklinštak Mountain. This feuding tribe expanded in the late 17th century until finally it hit Skadar Lake and Rijeka Crnojevića
Rijeka Crnojevića
Rijeka Crnojevića is a city settlement in Montenegro beside the river of Crnojević - near the coast of Skadar lake.It is part of Old Royal Capital Cetinje.With 300 citizens, Rijeka Crnojevića is seat of Riječka nahija....
(Crnojević River) by the 18th century. The tribe seat is at the village of Ceklin, which comprises thirteen brotherhoods. Other villages in the tribal region are: Strugari, Ulici, Bokovo, Jankovići, Đalci, Drušići, Rvaši, Zagora, Bobija, Vranjina, Dujeva (with smaller villages/subsections: Mihaljevići, Trnovi Do and Riječani), town of Žabljak (with many brotherhoods) and at the end of the territory known as Riječka Okolina and Varošica Rijeka in which there are other occupants.(written by Nikola V.Popovic).
Brotherhoods
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- Đuraškovići
- Dajkovići
- Đuričani
- Osmančevići/Osmanćevići
- Osmanćehajići
- Osmanćehići
- Osmančekići
- Osmanćelići
- Popovići
- Lješkopoljci
- Radičevići
- Tomaševići
- Tomovići
- Đurasovići
- Đurice - Emigrated to Kotor
- Jankovići - Descendants of a certain Leka
- Jovićevići - Descendants of Jović Vuličev.
- Kostići
- Lopičići
- Radovanovići - Descendants of Radovan Lješov Krstić
- Ilančići ?
- Tatari
- L(i)ješevići - Descendants of Liješ
- Kostići
- Kneževići
- Lješ(o)njani
- Lješ(k)ovići
- Lipovci
- Vujanovići
- Kovači
- Nikolići
- Kaluđerovići
- Milaševići
- Kaluđerovići
- Nikolići
- Mašanovići
- Markovići
- Mihaljevići
- Petričevići
- Kovači
- Strugari
- Vulićevići
- Vuličevići
- Vukovići
- Ražnatovići
- Kmetovići
- Krnjanović
- Šofranci
- Vukmirovići
- Dragojevići
- Kraljevići
- Ukmanovići
- Đuraškovići
- Borozani - Descendants of the Radivojevići. Originally from Bukovika in Crmnička nahijaCrmnicaCrmnica is a geographical region in southern Montenegro. It is within the municipality of Bar and is considered a division of that municipality. The capital of the region is Virpazar...
(Crmnica). Related to the Lompari. - Lompari - Originally from Bukovika in Crmnička nahijaCrmnicaCrmnica is a geographical region in southern Montenegro. It is within the municipality of Bar and is considered a division of that municipality. The capital of the region is Virpazar...
(Crmnica). Related to the Borozani and Radivojevići. - Đalci
- Pejovići
- Đurkodoljci
- Pejovići
- Đukanovići
- Đuranovići
- Đuraševići
- Đurđići
- Đurišići
- Stijepovići - Originally, by legend, from DrobnjaciDrobnjaciDrobnjaci is an Old Herzegovinian clan and region in northern Montenegro . Its unofficial centre is in Boan/Šavnik. The Drobnjaci families are predominantly Serb Orthodox, with a majority declaring as Serbs, the rest as Montenegrins...
- Vučetići
- Cijanovići
- Buškorići
- Ujanovići
- Ukaševići
- Uksanovići
- Vuksanovići - Originally from Piperi
- Ilići
- Đikanovići
- Ilići
- Mudreše
- Maretići/Marotići
- Pavišići
- Gazivode
- Vukotići - Originally from Čevo
- Tatari
- Kešići
- Božovići
- Vukoslavčević - emigrated to Dupilo and Popratnica (Crmnica)
- Ramevići - emigrated to Kaludra (Berane)
- Gornjevuci / Gornjevućani - Descendants of Valac Gornjevuk, great-grandson(?) of Ratko Gornjevuk. Originally from KrojëKrojeKroje are folk costumes worn by Czechs and Slovaks. Gothic influence is seen in tying shawls and kerchiefs on the head. Fine pleats and gathered lace collars typify the Renaissance era...
(Albania), immigrated from MostarMostarMostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...
(BosniaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
). - Raičevići - Originally from Bajice (CetinjeCetinjeCetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
). Descendants of Raič Martinović. - Idrizovići - emigrated to Zaton (Bijelo PoljeBijelo PoljeBijelo Polje is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 15,883 .Bijelo Polje is the center of municipality . It is unofficial center of north-eastern region of Montenegro...
) - Ljumovići - Possibly from Piperi
- Babići
- Bajkovići - Descendants of the OrlovićiOrlovićiOrlovići are a Serb clan originating from Čarađe, near Gacko . They are descendants of Vuk Orle, father of Pavle Orlović. Many of their descendants can be found in Montenegro....
from CuceCuceCuce is a Serb clan of Old Montenegro. Cuce are first mentioned in 1431 in documents from Kotor, then in 1521 and 1523 in Ottoman defters. Jovan Cvijic, the Serbian ethnologist and geographer registered the Cuce as a clan of Old Montenegro, of the Katunska nahija-region.Cuce are divided into Upper...
. - Bani
- Banovići
- Banjevići
- Baša
- Begovići
- Biskupići
- Bjelopavlići - Branch of BjelopavlićiBjelopavliciBjelopavlići is a strip of fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches along the Zeta river, being wider in river's lower end, down to the confluence with Morača river near Podgorica...
near PodgoricaPodgoricaPodgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
. - Bokovljani
- Bosnići
- Boškovići (Kolašinci)- Originally from Polje (KolašinKolašinKolašin , is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 .Kolašin is the centre of the municipality and unofficial centre of Morača region, named after Morača River....
) - Boškovići (Ljubotinjani) - Originally from VučitrnVucitrnVučitrn or Vushtrri is a city and municipality in north-eastern Kosovo. It is the seat of the Kosovska Mitrovica District. The name of the city means "wolf's thorn", the name of the spiny restharrow plant in Serbian....
(KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
) - Bujići
- Buškovići
- Kaduni
- Kažije
- Kalazitaševiċi
- Kalmeta - Originally from ScutariScutariScutari may refer to:*Üsküdar , in Anatolia, Turkey*Scutari Barracks in Üsküdar; former hospital where Florence Nightingale worked*Shkodër, in Albania; also known as Scutari in antiquity...
(Albania) - Kambani
- Kafedžije - Originally from TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
- Kašice
- Jekšani ?
- Kerići
- Klimović - Originally from Krivošije (Bay of KotorBay of KotorThe Bay of Kotor in south-western Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic Sea. The bay, sometimes called Europe's southernmost fjord, is in fact a submerged river canyon of the disintegrated Bokelj River which used to run from the high mountain plateaus of Mount Orjen...
) - Kolari
- Ostojići
- Šeste/Seste
- Kolinovi
- Kolinovići
- Džongazi/Džongani
- Radišići
- Kolinovi
- Šeste/Seste
- Kotorčevići - Descendants of Kusovci (Lazarevići) from Grbalj.
- Kriče
- Kr(i)čija
- Krovat - Originally from CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
- Krušanci
- Krušanovići
- Radišići - Originally from KavajëKavajëKavajë or Kavaja, capital of Kavajë District, Tirana County is a city situated on the western inlands, just a few kilometers off the Adriatic Sea, in Central Albania.The District of Kavajë has a population of 82,921 inhabitants as of January 1, 2010....
(Albania) - Džonovi - Originally from Ovče Polje (MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
) - Džanovići
- Džanjevići - Originally from Džanjev Brijeg in GrudaGrudaGrudë is a region within Malësia in southern Montenegro. Grudë lies just north of Lake Skadar and includes the small city of Tuzi, the major urban center of Malësia.-Religion:...
(TuziTuziTuzi is a town in the Podgorica municipality, Montenegro, located along a main road between the city of Podgorica and the Albanian border crossing, just a few kilometers north of Lake Skadar. The exact location of Tuzi is...
) - Ognjenovići - Emigrated to Velika (VasojevićiVasojeviciThe Vasojevići tribe is the largest Serb clan in Montenegro. It occupies the area between Vjetarnih Lijeva Rijeka in the South and Bihor under Bijelo Polje in the North, Mateševo in the West to Plav in the East. The clan is one of seven "highland clans"...
) - Oćevići
- Vojvodići - Originally from Velja Luka (Vučitrn - Kosovo)
- Vojinovići - Descendants of a certain Vujo, great-grandson of a certain Strahinja
- Vujovići - Descendants of Vujo Radojev Dobrilović. Originally from PećPecPeć or Pejë is a city and municipality in north-western Kosovo and Metohija - Serbia, and the administrative centre of the homonymous district. Governor of city is Ali Berisha....
(Kosovo) - Vukići - Descendants of Dobrilovići. Originally from PećPecPeć or Pejë is a city and municipality in north-western Kosovo and Metohija - Serbia, and the administrative centre of the homonymous district. Governor of city is Ali Berisha....
(Kosovo) - Vukaševići
Notables
- Knez Grujica Lopičić, who saved Saint Peter's life