Dežno pri Makolah (pronounced [ˈdeːʒnɔ pɾi ˈmaːkɔlax], German: Döschno[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Makole in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills above the right bank of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]
Dežno pri Makolah | |
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  Dežno pri Makolah Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°18′56.79″N 15°41′29.68″E / 46.3157750°N 15.6915778°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Drava |
| Municipality | Makole |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 470.7 m (1,544.3 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 97 |
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Name edit
The settlement was recorded in written sources in 1220–30 as in Bratyssen, in Radgassen, and in Dragozla (and in 1265–67 as in Deschen). The name is probably derived from the common noun deža 'squat round vessel', also used in the metaphorical sense 'hollow carved by water'.[4] The name of the settlement was changed from Dežno to Dežno pri Makolah (literally, 'Dežno near Makole') in 1953.[5]
References edit
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 192.
- ^ Makole municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 109.
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
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