Čudno Selo Explained

Official Name:Čudno Selo
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:White Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Črnomelj
Area Total Km2:2.27
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:101
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5653°N 15.223°W
Elevation M:178.7
Postal Code:8340
Footnotes:[1]

Čudno Selo (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtʃuːdnɔ ˈsɛːlɔ/; Slovenian: Čudno selo; German: Tschudnofeld[2]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Lahinja River in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name Čudno selo has been explained as derived from the word čud 'giant'.[4] [5] If so, the name would literally mean 'giant's village'. In the past, the village was known as Tschudnofeld in German.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 48.
  3. http://www.crnomelj.si/ Črnomelj municipal site
  4. Malnerič, Martin. 1927. O nekaterih imen in o čakavskem naglasku v Beli krajini. Čas 21(2): 94–100, p. 95.
  5. Janežič, Anton. 1851. Vollständiges Taschen-Wörterbuch der slovenischen und deutschen Sprache. Klagenfurt: J. Sigmund, p. 36.