The Rižana is a river in
Slovenia. It has also been known as the Risano. It was known as the Formio in Latin.
Geography
The village of
Rižana
Rižana (, it, Risano) is a settlement in the Istrian City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Bižaji, Paluzi, Santini, and Tinčki and is located on the Rižana River.
Name
The name ''Rižana'' ...
is located upon it. Its mouth is on or near the
Gulf of Trieste of the
Adriatic Sea. The
Škocjan Lagoon Nature Reserve Škocjan is a Slovene place name that may refer to several places in Slovenia or nearby (in Austria and Italy).
Slovenia
;Settlements
*Rakov Škocjan, a settlement in the Municipality of Cerknica, southwestern Slovenia
*Škocjan, Divača, a settle ...
is a park area of wetlands where the Rižana and
Badaševica rivers used to flow into the sea.
Name
The Rižana was attested in historical sources as ''Rusano'' 670, ''Riziano'' 804, ''Risano'' in 1135, and ''Garzignana'' in 1569, among other spellings. The origin of the name is pre-Slavic and is probably related to the
Illyrian toponym Ῥιζάνα ''Rhizana'', reflected in the Montenegrin toponym ''
Risan''. The name is probably derived from the
Proto-Indo-European root ''*erei̯H-'' 'to flow'.
References
Rivers of the Slovene Littoral
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