Velike Rodne () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Rogaška Slatina The Municipality of Rogaška Slatina (; sl, Občina Rogaška Slatina) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Rogaška Slatina. Rogaška Slatina be ...

in eastern Slovenia. It lies south of the town of Rogaška Slatina, between Topole and

Prnek Prnek () is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statist ...

. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina is part of the traditional region of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

. It is now included in the

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Name

The name ''Velike Rodne'' ('big Rodne') distinguishes the settlement from nearby

Male Rodne Male Rodne () is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The entire area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The name of the settlement was changed ...

('little Rodne'). The plural name ''Rodne'' and names like it (e.g., ''

Rodine Rodine may refer to: Places * Rodine, Črnomelj, a settlement in the Municipality of Črnomelj, Slovenia * Rodine pri Trebnjem, a settlement in the Municipality of Trebnje, Slovenia *Rodine, Žirovnica, a settlement in the Municipality of Žirovni ...

'') are derived from the common noun *''rodina'' 'untilled land', thus referring to a local geographical feature.

References

External links

Velike Rodne on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina {{RogaškaSlatina-geo-stub