Vučitrn

Vučitrn (In Serbian; Вучитрн; pronounced [ʋǔtʃitr̩ːn]) or Vushtrri (In Albanian) is a city located in the northern part of Kosovo. The municipality, of Vučitrn is the ninth largest in Kosovo by population, with a total of 69,870. Vučitrn is surrounded with the city of Mitrovica in the north, Podujeva (Besiana) in the east, Obilić (Kastriot) in the south, Glogovac (Drenas or Gllogovc) in the south-west, and Skenderaj in the west. The municipality of Vučitrn has 67 villages.

Vučitrn has been inhabited since the time of Illyrian Empire, when the people of the Kingdom of Dardania lived in the territory of Kosovo in the 4th century BC. The Illyrian name of Vučitrn was Viciana, which means "The side of calves" (Ana e Viqave). When the Roman Empire invaded the Kingdom of Dardania in the 1st century BC, the Romans added the Latin suffix 'um' to the name of Viciana, and therefore it became Vicianum. In Serbian language, Vučitrn is the name of the plant Ononis spinosa, which is abundant in the region.