Mećava (surname)

Mećava (Serbian Cyrillic: Мећава, pronounced [mětɕaʋa]), is a Serbian surname and literally means snowstorm. It's mostly found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

Mećava
Pronunciationmětɕaʋa
Origin
Language(s)Serbo-Croatian
Meaningsnowstorm
blizzard
Region of originBanovina
Bosanska Krajina

The vast majority of bearers of the surname are Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church) and declare as ethnic Serbs, although there are some Catholics (Croats) with the surname.[1] Most of the Orthodox maintain the tradition of slava (patron saint veneration) of Saint George (Đurđevdan).

It may refer to the following people:

References

  1. "Surname Mećava". actacroatica.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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