Kot
Kot is located in Slovenia
Kot
Kot
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°56′35.89″N 14°31′13.52″E / 45.9433028°N 14.5204222°E / 45.9433028; 14.5204222
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityIg
Area
  Total1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Elevation
382.4 m (1,254.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total106
[1]

Kot (pronounced [ˈkoːt]; German: Winkel[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Ig in central Slovenia, just south of the capital Ljubljana. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

Kot was attested in historical sources as Binkhell in 1463 (and as Winkell in 1467 and Winckell in 1484). The name Kot is shared by several villages in Slovenia. It comes from the common noun kot 'closed valley, combe', referring to the place where a valley ends, closed in by mountains or hills. The village was known as Winkel in modern German,[2] which has the same meaning.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 112.
  3. Ig municipal site
  4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 205.


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