Sirula

Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia

41°14′04″N 20°50′40″E / 41.23444°N 20.84444°E / 41.23444; 20.84444Country

North MacedoniaRegion

SouthwesternMunicipality

OhridPopulation

(2002)

• Total10Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Car platesOHWebsite.

Sirula (Macedonian: Сирула) is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kosel.

Name

The placename Sirula<Sirulja and the possible suffix -ja stems from the name Sirul of which along with its suffix -ul is derived from an Aromanian foundation alongside sir.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 10 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[2]

Macedonians 10

References

^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 96. "Името Сирула< Сируља веројатно е изведено со посесивниот суфикс *-ja од лично име *Sirul (спор. Radul, Stanul и др. кај Маретиќ, op. cit., c. 127). Во личното име се извојува суф. -ul од романско потекло (спор. ја етимологијата на претходното село) и основата sir (спор. ги полски имиња Siroslaw. Siroch. Sirosz, Sirach, Sirota кај Ташицки, op. cit., c. 121)."
^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 118.