Mala Ligojna (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 118–119.) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

north of

Vrhnika Vrhnika (; ;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Vrhnika. It is locat ...

in the

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region of

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. It includes the hamlet of Frtica (in older sources also ''Na Fortici'').

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'.

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to

Saint Leonard Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Lenart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559) is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, ...

and belongs to the

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of Vrhnika.Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
/ref> The church dates from 1567 and was remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.

References

External links

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Mala Ligojna on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Vrhnika {{Vrhnika-geo-stub