Mala Ligojna Explained

Official Name:Mala Ligojna
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Vrhnika
Area Total Km2:2.42
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:120
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9944°N 14.305°W
Elevation M:337.6
Footnotes:[1]

Mala Ligojna (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmaːla liˈɡoːi̯na/; German: Kleinligoina[2]) is a village north of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3] It includes the hamlet of Frtica[4] (in older sources also Na Fortici).[2]

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'.[5]

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Vrhnika.[6] The church dates from 1567 and was remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 118–119.
  3. http://www.vrhnika.si Vrhnika municipal site
  4. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 . 1968 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 451.
  5. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 233.
  6. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/3A2B596AA936BFDAC12572030034F75F?OpenDocument Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website