Dežno pri Makolah

Dežno pri Makolah
Dežno pri Makolah

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°18′56.79″N 15°41′29.68″E / 46.3157750°N 15.6915778°E / 46.3157750; 15.6915778Coordinates: 46°18′56.79″N 15°41′29.68″E / 46.3157750°N 15.6915778°E / 46.3157750; 15.6915778
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
[1]

Dežno pri Makolah 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.[2]

Name

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'.[3] The name of the settlement was changed from Dežno to Dežno pri Makolah (literally, 'Dežno near Makole') in 1953.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Makole municipal site
  3. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 109.
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

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