Dragonja Vas Explained

Official Name:Dragonja Vas
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:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kidričevo
Area Total Km2:2.59
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:174
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.3862°N 15.7291°W
Elevation M:240
Footnotes:[1]

Dragonja Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /dɾaˈɡoːnja ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Dragonja vas, in older sources Zdergonja ves,[2] German: Drasendorf[2] [3]) is a small village in the Municipality of Kidričevo in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[4]

Name

Dragonja Vas was first attested in early sources as Zdragona or Sdragona (between 1763 and 1787). The name is derived from a Slavic personal name, either from *Dragon’a vьsь 'Dragonъ's village' or (with dialect -o- < -a-) from *Dragan’a vьsь 'Draganъ's village'. In either case, both personal names are based on the root *dôrgъ 'dear'.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission . Orts-Repertorien der im Oesterreichischen Reichsrathe Vertretenen Königreiche und Lander. IV. Steiermark . 1883 . K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission . Vienna . 206.
  3. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 232.
  4. http://www.kidricevo.si/ Kidričevo municipal site
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 122.