Official Name: | Zavino |
Other Name: | Svino (until 1952) |
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: | Littoral |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ajdovščina |
Area Total Km2: | 2.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 84 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.8535°N 13.8348°W |
Elevation M: | 167.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Zavino (in Slovenian pronounced as /zaˈʋiːnɔ/) is a small village in the hills south of the Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]
Zavino was first attested in written sources in 1763–87 as Svina. The name is derived from *Svinjino (selo)—literally, 'pig (village)'—indicating that the people of the village raised pigs. The form Zavino was an artificial modification of the name to avoid the association with pigs, but the original root is still preserved in the name of Svinjšček Creek, which runs west of the village. Local variations of the village name include Svinino, Svinno, and (dissimilated) Svilno.[3] See also Sinja Gorica, Svino, and Vinje pri Moravčah for similar names. The name was changed from Svino to Zavino in 1952.[4]