Laporje () is a settlement southeast of

Turjak Turjak (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 46.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire ...

in the

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in central

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. It is included in the

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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Name

Laporje was first attested in written sources in 1436 as ''Lappriach'' (and as ''Lapriach'' in 1463 and again as ''Lappriach'' in 1476). The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''lapor'' '

marl Marl is an earthy material rich in carbonate minerals, Clay minerals, clays, and silt. When Lithification, hardened into rock, this becomes marlstone. It is formed in marine or freshwater environments, often through the activities of algae. M ...

', referring to the characteristics of the local soil. The place name is now a singular neuter form but, based on the

locative In grammar, the locative case ( ; abbreviated ) is a grammatical case which indicates a location. In languages using it, the locative case may perform a function which in English would be expressed with such prepositions as "in", "on", "at", and " ...

plurals reflected in the medieval transcriptions, it was probably originally the plural

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''*Lapor′ane'' (literally, 'people living on marly soil').

Gallery

File:Laporje z Gradeža 1948.jpg, Laporje in 1948

References

External links

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Laporje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Velike Lašče {{VelikeLasce-geo-stub