Koritnica, Tolmin
Koritnica (pronounced [kɔˈɾiːtnitsa]) is a village on the right bank of the Bača River in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Name
Koritnica was attested in written sources in 1377 as Coritinicha. Like related names (e.g., Koritnice, Koritno, and Korita), the name is derived from the common noun korito 'trough; river bed', referring to the configuration of a local river or stream.
Trivia
The village was one of the filming locations for the 1948 film On Our Own Land.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Tolmin municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 201.
- ^ Delo 14 November 2008 60th Anniversary of First Slovene Film (in Slovene)
External links
Media related to Koritnica at Wikimedia Commons- Koritnica on Geopedia
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