5-410: Smiljan may refer to: Smiljan (given name) , a South Slavic masculine personal name Smiljan, Croatia , a village near Gospić Smilyan , a village near Smolyan, Bulgaria See also [ edit ] Smilja Smiljanić Miljan Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Smiljan (given name) Smiljan is a South Slavic masculine given name. Its origin is usually associated with the common name for plants which produce "everlasting"-type blooms, many of which are known as smilj and smilje , 'immortelle' (that is, 'everlasting' [flower]) in South Slavic languages . The plant species generally associated with
15-460: The personal name are Antennaria dioica ( plešivec smilj or gorski smilj , the 'bald–' or 'mountain–everlasting'), and Helichrysum arenarium ( peščeni smilj , the 'sand–everlasting'). The Lika -region town, Smiljan, Croatia , traditionally shares its name's etymology with the anthroponym—both the placename and personal name being arrived at through the botanic association. An alternative derivation has, however, been suggested for
20-415: The title Smiljan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smiljan&oldid=1160114500 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
25-451: The town: The Croatian linguist and onomatologist , Petar Šimunović believed that the town was named as a patronymic of Smiljan, which over time was abbreviated, losing the patronymic word-element. In Slovenia, the incidence of baby boys being registered with the name Smiljan has declined from a peak of 105 instances in the 1970s, when it ranked as the 195th most frequently-given boys' name for that decade, to fewer than five boys given
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