Onek
Sign in to saveOnek (; , Gottscheerish: Wrneggə) is a settlement in the hills east of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
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- Locality
- Onek
- Region
- Municipality of Kočevje
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 32
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Onek (; , Gottscheerish: Wrneggə) is a settlement in the hills east of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
==Name== The Slovene name Onek is derived from German Hohenegg. The German name Hohenegg and the Gottscheerish name Wrneggə are derived from hohen Eck 'high hillside, high slope', with the common southern German reflex -egg (< Old High German ekka), thus referring to a local geographical feature.
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