Trdobojci (;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 235.]) is a settlement in the
Haloze Hills in the
Municipality of Videm in eastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. It is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region
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. It includes the hamlets of Spodnji Trdobojci () and Zgornji Trdobojci ().
Name
Trdobojci was attested in written sources in 1440 as '' Terdowoycz''. It is believed to be a plural demonym (via ''*Tvьrdobǫd-j-ьci'') based on the Slavic personal name *''Tvьrdobǫdъ'', a clipped form of the older *''Tvьrdobǫd-je (selo)'' 'Tvьrdobǫdъ's village'. The first element of the compound name, ''tvьrd'', means 'hard', and the second, ''bǫdъ'', is an imperative of the verb ''biti''; the name ''Tvьrdobǫdъ'' thus meant 'be hard'.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Trdobojci include:
*
Dejan Zavec (born 1976),
IBF Welterweight ChampionČastni občani Občine Videm
References
External links
Trdobojci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Videm
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