Zgoša

Zgoša
Zgoša

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°22′8.91″N 14°11′47.88″E / 46.3691417°N 14.1966333°E / 46.3691417; 14.1966333Coordinates: 46°22′8.91″N 14°11′47.88″E / 46.3691417°N 14.1966333°E / 46.3691417; 14.1966333
Country 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.

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]

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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