What is the Meaning of “Large” and “Small” in the Names of Municipal Estates in Zadar’s Mainland Communal Territory?
What is the Meaning of “Large” and “Small” in the Names of Municipal Estates in Zadar’s Mainland Communal Territory?

Author(s): Franjo Smiljanić
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Zadar’s Mainland Communal Territory; names of the estates; large; small;
Summary/Abstract: In the names of estates organized according to the “Small”/”Large” principle, the adjective “Small” always stands together with “Large”, as is the case with the estate of Murvica. The description of Velika (Large) Murvica (ville Muruice magne), in which Mala (Small) Murvica (villa uocata Muruiça parua)rubu is also mentioned, one can recognize a joint estate of the same name, which is in a document from1403 referred to as “Murvički diskrikt” (District of Murvica). In the documents of Zadar from the second half of the 13th century onwards, this principle is regularly applied when naming the estates, its interpretation depending on the position of adjectives “Small” and “Large”.

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