Gjonaj | |
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village | |
  Gjonaj | |
| Coordinates:42°15′02″N20°37′02″E / 42.250550°N 20.617239°E /42.250550; 20.617239 | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Elevation | 413 m (1,355 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,818 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gjonaj (Albanian:Gjonaj,Serbian Cyrillic:Ђонај/Đonaj) is a village in Prizren municipality, Kosovo. The village lies within the Has region.[2]
The village nameGjonaj derives from the Albanian nameGjon.[3][4]
The village Gjonaj is first mentioned in 1348 in thechrysobull of Serbian EmperorStefan Dušan, along with eight otherCatholic Albanian villages in the Prizren area, these villages are known with the names Gjinovci (Gjinajt), Magjerci, Bjellogllavci (Kryebardhët), Flokovci (Flokajt), Crnça, Caparci (Çaparajt), Shpinadinci (Shpinajt) and Novaci.[5][6]
In the place where Gjonaj is today may have stood the town of Guri i Hasit.[7] A church in Gjonaj is possibly one of the oldestRoman Catholic churches in Kosovo.[8] Gjonaj is considered to have been the birthplace ofAndrea andPjetër Bogdani.[9]
And Dusan's chrysobull of 1348 for the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren mentions a total of nine Albanian katuns
Born in Gur i Hasit near Prizren about 1630, Bogdani was educated in the traditions of the Catholic Church, to which he devoted all his energy
