Mala Ligojna (; german: Kleinligoina''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

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north of

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

in the

Inner Carniola Inner Carniola ( sl, Notranjska; german: Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the ...

region of

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

Name

Together with neighboring

Velika Ligojna Velika Ligojna (; german: Großligoina''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 116, 118.) is a village north of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola ...

(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 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

Populated places in the Municipality of Vrhnika {{Vrhnika-geo-stub