Tivat
Sign in to saveTivat (Serbo-Croatian: Tivat/Тиват, ) is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro.
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Tivat is a small town located in the Bay of Kotor on Montenegro's coast, with a population of 9,367 residents. It serves as the administrative center of Tivat Municipality, which is Montenegro's smallest municipality by area.
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- Montenegro
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- Coastal
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- Municipality
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Tivat (Serbo-Croatian: Tivat/Тиват, ) is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro.
==Name== In Serbo-Croatian, the city is known as (); in Italian and Venetian as . The town was first mentioned in the 14th century records of Kotor, as Teude, Theode, and Theudo, and has been connected to the Illyrian Queen Teuta, who ruled the region in 3rd century BC. Teuta had a residence in Rhizon and a summer residence between the church of St. Rocco in Donja Lastva and Seljanovo. The name could also come from the Greek word "" (, meaning "way of God"), or from the names of old Christian saints: Theodulus, Theodocius or Theodotus. Besides the popular name Theudo, a Latin expression, , comes from the 16th century. Finally, the name could originate from the Celtic word , town.