Socka (; )
[Orožen, Janko. 1969. "Lastna imena v severnem pasu celjske okolice." ''Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje'' 5: 472–478, p. 475.] is a settlement in the
Municipality of Vojnik
The Municipality of Vojnik (; ) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Vojnik. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
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in eastern
Slovenia
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. It lies on the road north of
Nova Cerkev
Nova Cerkev () is a settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Hudinja River northwest of Vojnik off the main road to Velenje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now inc ...
towards
Vitanje
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region () is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly compr ...
.
Name
Socka was attested in written sources in 1173 as ''Ainoht'' (and as ''Aynat'' in 1403–04 and ''Ainedt'' in 1441). The Slovene name ''Socka'' is derived through vowel reduction from ''*Sǫtěska'', literally 'gorge'. The settlement was named for the Socka Gorge on the Hudinja River between Zavrh Hill (907 m) and Kozjek Hill (748 m) north of the settlement. The name of the gorge is also a reduced form derived from the common noun ''*sǫtěska'' 'gorge'.
The settlement was known as ''Einödt'' in German.
References
External links
Socka on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vojnik
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