Radvanje District

The Radvanje District (pronounced [ˈɾaːdʋanjɛ]; Slovene: Mestna četrt Radvanje) is a city district of the City Municipality of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. The district has a population of about 8,000.[1]

Name

The name Radvanje was attested in historical sources as Radewan in 1096–1105, Radvan in 1220–1230, and Radoan in 1282, among other spellings. It is an elliptical derivation from *Ra̋dovan′e (selȍ) 'Radovanъ's (village)', referring to an early inhabitant of the place.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Predstavitev mestne četrti" [District presentation] (in Slovenian). maribor.si. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 345.
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