History about the name of Tetovo

The other version is that the name originates from the Old Slavic word "хътѢти" - likes, "хътѣтово" - a favourite place. Near the middle of the 15th century, with the disappearance of the letter "x", the settlement was renamed in Tetovo. According to the folk etymology, Tetovo originates from the word tendon. In connection with this interpretation, even then the Turkish name of the settlement - Kalkandelen appeared. In a chrysobull of Tsar Dushan from the middle of the 14th century, Tetovo was mentioned as a village, and as a city settlement it was mentioned during the 15th century, as the main point of the Lower and Upper district. The famous Turkish traveler Hadzi Kalfa, who visited Tetovo around the middle of the 17th century, mentioned the city with the names Kalkandelen and Tetova. In Albanian, the name of the city is Tetovë, that is Tetova.

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