Sopa (tribe)
Sopa is a historical Albanian tribe (fis) originating from the Sharr Mountains of today's Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. Members of the tribe can be found in many Albanian-inhabited regions of Kosovo and North Macedonia, specifically in and around Prizren.
| Part of a series on |
| Albanian tribes |
|---|
 |
The Sopa tribe is not very well-known, but there is a legend that involves four brothers of the Sopa tribe which takes place around a century after the rebellion of the Albanian Warrior-King Skanderbeg.[1] If this legend is true, then the Sopa tribe can be attested to (at least through historical legends) since the 16th century.
Origins
The Sopa tribe is of Albanian ancestry and are considered to have their origins in the Sharr mountains;[2] the Kokaj are one of the branches of the tribe.[3]
The root of the tribe's name can possibly be derived from ‘sop,-i’, which translates to ‘hummock’ in English, but can also mean ‘wedge/spearhead’ or the end of a mill race where the water comes out with force and into the mill wheel.[4]
See also
References
- Ramadani, Nijazi (1909). "Imazhi i Ngrirë" (PDF). Gjilan: SHB “RRJEDHA”.
- ^[http://www.zemrashqiptare.net/news/id_40227/cid_7/P%C3%ABllumb-Gorica:-N%C3%AB-thell%C3%ABsi-t%C3%AB-toponimeve.html Toponimet janë si zbulimet arkeologjike. . . ,si këto, ashtu edhe ato nxjerrin në dritë popujt që jetuan dhe lulëzuan- Spiro Konda
- ^[http://www.zemrashqiptare.net/news/id_40227/cid_7/P%C3%ABllumb-Gorica:-N%C3%AB-thell%C3%ABsi-t%C3%AB-toponimeve.html Toponimet janë si zbulimet arkeologjike. . . ,si këto, ashtu edhe ato nxjerrin në dritë popujt që jetuan dhe lulëzuan- Spiro Konda
- "Fjalorthi".
Sources
- Ramadani, Nijazi (1909). "Imazhi i Ngrirë" (PDF). Gjilan: SHB “RRJEDHA”.