Seňa ( hu, Abaújszina) (1249 ''Schena'', 1251 ''Scyna, Zyna'', 1255 ''Scynna'', 1402 ''Czena'') is a village and municipality in

Košice-okolie District Košice–okolie District (''okres Košice–okolie''; hu, Kassa-vidéki járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It surrounds the city of Košice, which serves as the district seat although it does not belong to the dist ...

in the

Košice Region The Košice Region ( sk, Košický kraj, , hu, Kassai kerület; uk, Кошицький край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It ...

of eastern

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Etymology

According to István Kniezsa, the name is of Slavic origin, but he did not clarified its etymology.

Ján Stanislav Ján Stanislav (12 December 1904, Liptovský Ján, Austria-Hungary 29 July 1977, Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak linguist and specialist in Slavic studies. Life He was born in Liptovský Ján in December 1904. Stanislav studi ...

suggested Slovak/Slavic ''Seňa'' and associated it with

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names

Senj Senj (; it, Segna, la, Senia, Hungarian and german: Zengg) is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress ( hr, Tvrđava Nehaj) whic ...

, ''Senje'' and

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''Sienino''.

Branislav Varsik Branislav Varsik (5 March 1904, Myjava, Austria-Hungary – 28 May 1994, Slovakia) was a Slovak historian and archivist. His major contribution was to the research of the hussite movement The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chali ...

suggested Slavic personal name ''Seňa'' used not only among early Slovaks, but known also from the territories of present-day

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and

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. The Hungarian form ''Szina'' is probably the same phonetic adaptation (e → i) which is documented also for Senné, Veľký Krtíš District (Senná, in medieval documents also as ''Scinna'', ''Zynna'').

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1249 (''Schena'') when King

Béla IV Béla may refer to: * Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater * Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name See also * Bela (disambiguation) * Belá (disambiguation) * Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''wh ...

installed here German free colonists from

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...

(''hospites de Cassovia''). The village, being an important marketplace, passed to

Čaňa Čaňa ( hu, Hernádcsány) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1164. Geography The village lies at an altitude o ...

village in 1255 and in 1402 to local Lord Miklos Perényi as a royal donation. Ján Jiskra gave the village to Košice. In 1567 the village was destroyed by

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. In 1528

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defeated in battle the army condottiere Ján Zapolyai. In 1652 it was burned again by Turks. In the 17th century it passed to the Rozgonyi and Báthory noble families. Before

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, there was a large Jewish community of about 136 Jews. Most of the Jews in the community were murdered by the Nazis in

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Geography

Ethnicity

Culture

Birthplace of Andreas Jaszlinszky.

References

External links

Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District {{Košice-okolie-geo-stub