Zgoša

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Zgoša
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°22′8.91″N14°11′47.88″E / 46.3691417°N 14.1966333°E / 46.3691417; 14.1966333 Coordinates: 46°22′8.91″N14°11′47.88″E / 46.3691417°N 14.1966333°E / 46.3691417; 14.1966333
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Radovljica
Elevation 552.7 m (1,813.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 313
[1]

Zgoša (pronounced  [ˈzɡoːʃa] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Municipality of Radovljica Municipality in Slovenia

The Municipality of Radovljica is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of northern Slovenia. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Radovljica. The municipality has around 18,000 inhabitants and an area of 118 square kilometres (46 sq mi). It is located at the southern slope of the Karawanks mountain range at the confluence of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka, both headwaters of the Sava River.

Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale. It has around 300,000 inhabitants or 14% of the population of Slovenia.

Slovenia republic in Central Europe

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.

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Name

Zgoša was first attested in written sources as Guscha in 1075 (and as Goscha in 1085, Sgusch in 1394, and Zguoch in 1406). The name derives from *Zgošča, created from a nominalized possessive adjective based on the personal name *Zgost. The name is believed to originally be a hydronym, *Zgošča (reka/voda) (literally, 'river/creek where Zgost lives'), shortened through ellipsis and the Upper Carniolan phonological development-šč- > -š-. Zgoša Creek, which flows through the settlement, is also referred to as Begunščica Creek today. [2]

The Upper Carniolan dialect is a major Slovene dialect in the Upper Carniolan dialect group. It is spoken in most of Upper Carniola. It is one of the two central Slovene dialects and was also used as a written language from the 17th century onwards, and especially in the second half of the 18th century.

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 480.


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