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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.[2]
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.[3]
Trivia
The village was one of the filming locations for the 1948 film On Our Own Land.[4]
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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