Oslica (; german: Osselze
) is a small settlement just northwest of
Muljava
Muljava (; german: Mulau''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 100.) is a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia. ...
in the
Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (; sl, Občina Ivančna Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ivančna Gorica. Ivančna Gorica became a municipa ...
in central
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola and is included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
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
''Silaum silaus'', commonly known as pepper-saxifrage, is a perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (the carrot family) found across south-eastern, central, and western Europe, including the British Isles. It grows in damp grasslan ...
'. The toponym ''
Oselica'' has the same etymology.
References
External links
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Oslica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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