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| '''Dardania''' (]: Dardania; ] and ]: Дарданија, ''Dardanija'') was a region encompassing the area of the modern-day ] (since 1999 under ] administration), southern parts of ], including mostly, but not entirely, western parts of the ], and parts of north-eastern ]. | |||
| Its native ] people were a tribe of mixed ]ns and ]s. They seem to have often been a threat to the kingdom of ]. Dardania's largest towns were those of ] (]), ], and its capital was ] (modern day ]). | |||
| The area was conquered by the ] in ] and became part of the ] of ], on the border with ] and ]. After ] it was part of ] Superior. Emperor ] later c. ] made Dardania into separate province with its capital at Naissus (Niš). | |||
| Austrian geologist ] proposed that the name Dardania comes from the Albanian word ''dardhë'' which means "]". | |||
| However ancient greek mythology refers:] had six sons whose names were Enchelus, Autarieus,Dardanus, Maedus, Taulas and Perrhaebus. So it is also said that the name comes from Dardanus. | |||
| Today, there are many places in ] called Dardania, and the individual name Dardan ist very comon among albanians. Also there are some proposals that new ] State should be called Republic of Dardania. | |||
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| * Grace Harriet Macurdy. '''The Wanderings of Dardanus and the Dardani''', Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 46 (1915), pp. 119-128 | |||
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