Vrčin is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Grocka. Historians Dušan J. Popović and Vladimir Ćorović traced the name of the locality back to the Roman period and the nearby temple of Norcinium. It was dedicated to the Etruscan-Roman goddess of destiny, Nortia. After Slavic settlement, Roman n…Vrčin is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Grocka. Historians Dušan J. Popović and Vladimir Ćorović traced the name of the locality back to the Roman period and the nearby temple of Norcinium. It was dedicated to the Etruscan-Roman goddess of destiny, Nortia. After Slavic settlement, Roman names ending with -cin were mostly contracted to čin, while the suffix -dunum became din. Norcinium was thus shortened to Norčin and then modified to Vrčin.
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