Mogila

Mogila (Macedonian: Могила ) is a village in the south of the Republic of Macedonia. It is a seat of Bojan Sabotkovski. The village is located in Pelagonia, north-east of the city of Bitola. It has been said that the name derives from the Ancient Macedonian "Mogila" which means graveyard, even though there has been nowhere recorded any such word by ancient lexicographers such as Hesychius of Alexandria, Amerias, Marsyas of Pella and Athenaeus who have saved around 200 ancient Macedonian words. Most probably the name derives from Bulgarian "Mogila" which means "mound", "hill". See also Russian "mogila" with the meaning of "grave", "tomb", "sepulcher" and Polish "mogila" with the meaning of "tomb"