Mala Ligojna

Mala Ligojna
Mala Ligojna

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°59′39.79″N 14°18′17.82″E / 45.9943861°N 14.3049500°E / 45.9943861; 14.3049500Coordinates: 45°59′39.79″N 14°18′17.82″E / 45.9943861°N 14.3049500°E / 45.9943861; 14.3049500
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Inner Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Vrhnika
Area
 • Total 2.42 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation 337.6 m (1,107.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 120
[1]

Mala Ligojna (pronounced [ˈmaːla liˈɡoːi̯na]) is a village north of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2] It includes the hamlet of Frtica.[3]

Name

Together with neighboring Velika Ligojna (literally 'Big Ligojna'), Mala Ligojna (literally, 'Little Ligojna') was attested in written sources in 1309 as Luckossel (and as Lucozel in 1317, Lvkozel in 1318, and Oberludigoni in 1526). The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name was Luko(va) sela (literally, 'Luka's village') in the 14th century, probably originally based on the name *Ľudigojь and then confused in the transcriptions with the similar name Luka. If so, today's name is a result of the sound change ľu- > li- and modern vowel reduction, and means 'Ljudigoj's village'.[4]

Church

Saint Leonard's Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Vrhnika.[5] The church dates from 1567 and was remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Vrhnika municipal site
  3. 1 2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 451.
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 233.
  5. ↑ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website


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