Peja

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The fourth largest city in Kosovo (country), and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
• district Kosovo (country).
• municipality Kosovo (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from Albanian Peja, . Ultimately from Serbo-Croatian peć ("furnace"), which probably refers to the hermitaries in the caves of nearby Rugova Canyon formerly inhabited by Serbian Orthodox monks.