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Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word, related to Czech: lhóta (free or grace period), refers to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a period of 5–8 years.

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Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word, related to Czech: lhóta (free or grace period), refers to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a period of 5–8 years.

Villages throughout Poland and other parts of Central Europe have variants of this name.

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