| Official Name: | Velika 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: | 2.89 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 323 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.9935°N 14.2967°W |
| Elevation M: | 319.4 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Velika Ligojna (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋeːlika liˈɡoːi̯na/; German: Großligoina[2]) is a village north of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3] It includes the hamlets of Razpoti and Mavsarjev Hrib.[4]
Together with neighboring Mala Ligojna (literally 'Little Ligojna'), Velika Ligojna (literally, 'Big Ligojna') was attested in written sources in 1309 as Luckossel (and as Lucozel in 1317, Lvkozel in 1318, and Vunderludigoni 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]
The local church in Velika Ligojna is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Parish of Vrhnika.[6] The church was first mentioned in written sources in 1526 and was remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.[7] It was surrounded by a defensive wall during the Ottoman wars in Europe.[4]