Fara (, in older sources ''Bloke'' and ''Pri Fari'',) is a settlement just south of Nova Vas in the
Municipality of Bloke
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in the
Inner Carniola
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region of
Slovenia
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Name
The settlement was formerly called ''(Male) Bloke'' (literally, '(little) Bloke'), distinguishing it from ''
Velike Bloke
Velike Bloke (, ) is a village in the Municipality of Bloke in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
The name ''Velike Bloke'' literally means 'big Bloke' and originally distinguished the settlement from ''Fara, Bloke, Male Bloke'' (literall ...
'' (literally, 'big Bloke'). The Bloke
parish church
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was built in the settlement, and the name ''Fara'' (literally, '
parish
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') became the name of the settlement.
Church
The parish church in the village is dedicated to
Saint Michael
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