Banatsko Novo Selo is a village in northern Serbia

Serbia

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, situated in the municipality

Municipality

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 of Pančevo

Pancevo

Pančevo is a city and municipality located in the southern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina, 15 km northeast from Belgrade. In 2002, the city had a total population of 77,087, while municipality of Pančevo had 127,162 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the South Banat...

, South Banat District

South Banat District

South Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia with the seat of the district in Pančevo. It borders Romania to the east. The district lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina...

, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,416 people who are permanent residents(2002 census).
The name is derived from the local region of Banat

Banat

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 (Banatsko), while Novo Selo literally means "New Village" in Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

, hence the full meaning of the name would be "a new village of Banat".

The current official Serbian name of the village (confirmed as official in 1922) is Banatsko Novo Selo (Банатско Ново Село), but it has previously also been known by different names throughout its history.