Radonja Explained

Radonja
Gender:	male
Meaning:	labor
Language:	Serbian
Derived:	rad which means "labour"

Radonja (Serbian: Радоња) is a masculine Serbian given name. It is derived from the adjective rad which means 'willing', 'eager', 'keen'. Patronymic surname Radonjić or Radončić/Radonjičić is derived from Radonja.^[1]

In the 1455 survey of the Branković district on Metohija and Kosovo there were 212 men whose name was Radonja.^[2]

People

• Nikola Radonja (fl. 1366-1399), Serbian nobleman
• Radonja Petrović (1670–1737), Serbian military leader

See also

• • Radonjić (disambiguation), surname and toponym
• Radoinja, village in western Serbia
• Radonjica, village in southern Serbia
• Radunje, village in southern Serbia
• Radunia River in Poland
• Radunia Mountain in Poland
• Radič, given name

Notes and References

1. Book: Viktor Novak. Revue historique. 2009. 222.
2. Book: Tatomir P. Vukanović. Enciklopedija narodnog života, običaja i verovanja u Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji: VI vek - početak XX veka : više od 2000 odrednica. 2001. Vojnoizdavački zavod. 402.