Kankaraš
Encyclopedia
Kankaraš is a surname and brotherhood part of the Drobnjaci
Old Herzegovinian
clan
, with origins in Golija, northern Montenegro
. A part of the Kankaraši settled Plovdiv
, Bulgaria
and changed their surname to "Černogorski" (Montenegrin). It may refer to:
Drobnjaci
Drobnjaci 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...
Old Herzegovinian
Old Herzegovina
Old Herzegovina is a historical region in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina . The largest city in this region in Nikšić, and the second-largest is Herceg Novi. Until the Congress of Berlin in 1878 the Old Hercegovina was part of Bosnian Pashalik, but since then merged into Montenegro....
clan
Serb clans
Serb clans is a general term referring to what are known as plemena and bratstva , traditional geo-political units of the Western Balkans that now richly attest social anthropology and family history . The descendants of the clans are divided by regional and lately, national affiliation...
, with origins in Golija, northern Montenegro
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...
. A part of the Kankaraši settled Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and changed their surname to "Černogorski" (Montenegrin). It may refer to:
- Duka Kankaraš, Montenegrin serdarCommanderCommander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
- Miodrag Kankaraš, mayor of TivatTivatTivat is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor...
- Ivica Kankaraš, football player
- Sreten Kankaraš, owner of Grand Travel Agency
- Petar Kankaraš, Montenegrin lawyer
- Milivoj Kankaraš, ethnic Serb killed by Albanians in Marovac, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
- Gorica Kankaraš, Best female weightlifter 58kg, 71kg and 84kg