Oslica

Oslica
Oslica is located in Slovenia
Oslica
Oslica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′30.21″N 14°47′26.86″E / 45.9083917°N 14.7907944°E / 45.9083917; 14.7907944
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityIvančna Gorica
Area
 • Total
0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Elevation
327.9 m (1,075.8 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
49
[1]

Oslica (pronounced [ˈoːslitsa]; German: Osselze[2]) is a small settlement just northwest of Muljava in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

Oslica was attested in written sources as Ozlitz in 1291 and as Osslizi in 1584. The origin of the name Oslica is uncertain, but is likely derived from the common noun osel 'donkey' (or from the surname Osel derived from that noun). A less likely possibility, argued against by medieval transcriptions, is that the name is derived from the plant name oselica 'pepper-saxifrage'. The toponym Oselica has the same etymology.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 100.
  3. ^ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 294.


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