Biljana
Sign in to saveBiljana () is a settlement east of Dobrovo in the Municipality of Brda in the Littoral region of Slovenia, very close to the border with Italy.
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Place details
- Locality
- Biljana
- Region
- Municipality of Brda
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 154
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Biljana
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Biljana 1953.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Biljana in 1953
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Slovenian Littoral
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Brda
- Population
- +148
- Area
- +1.46
- Elevation
- +130
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Biljana Slovenia.jpg
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Article
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- Name
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Biljana () is a settlement east of Dobrovo in the Municipality of Brda in the Littoral region of Slovenia, very close to the border with Italy.
==Name== Biljana was first mentioned in written sources in 1205 as Beliana (and as Villana in 1233, Billgianis in 1270, and Bigliana in 1480). The oldest transcriptions indicate that the name was originally *Běľana, with the later development of unstressed -ě- > -i-. The suffix -ana generally indicates a Romance or pre-Romance origin, but because the name cannot be explained through Romance roots it is assumed that it is Slavic in origin, possibly derived from the plural demonym *Běľane (literally, 'residents of ''*Belъjь's'' village').