Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu ( or ;
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna.]) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
Municipality of Šentrupert
The Municipality of Šentrupert () is a municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentrupert. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Southeast Slovenia St ...
in southeastern
Slovenia
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. It lies in the hills east of Šentrupert just off the road towards
Šentjanž in the historical region of
Lower Carniola
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. The municipality is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
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. The settlement includes the hamlets of Stražberk (in older sources also ''Stražberg'', ),
Vrhe, and Selo.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Mali Cirnik'' to ''Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu'' in 1955. The name ''Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu'' literally means 'little Cirnik near
Šentjanž', distinguishing the village from neighboring
Veliki Cirnik (literally, 'big Cirnik'). The name ''Cirnik'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''cer'' '
Turkey oak', thus referring to the local vegetation.
[Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 89–90.] In the past the German name was ''Kleinzirnik''.
References
External links
Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentrupert
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