Vanaküla is a village in
Põlva Parish,
Põlva County in southeastern
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
.
Name
Vanaküla was attested in written sources as ''Wanna Kuella'' in 1627 and ''Wannakülla'' in 1638. The name literally means 'old village'. Vanaküla covered a large area in the 17th century, including what are now the separate villages of
Kiisa,
Holvandi
Holvandi is a village in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia
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, and
Lutsu, and parcels were still being split off from it for farms even in the 19th century. The name thus refers to the "parent" status of the village as a source of territory for newer settlements.
References
Villages in Põlva County
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