Otlica () is a dispersed settlement in the hills north of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is made up of smaller clusters of the hamlets of Sibirija, Kitajska, Kurja Vas (), and Cerkovna, as well as a number of outlying isolated farms.Ajdovščina municipal site
Geography Otlica is located on the high Trnovo Forest Plateau (), overlooking the Vipava Valley. The part of the larger plateau known as the Otlica Plateau () is named after Otlica. Together with the ridge-top villages of Predmeja, Kovk, and Gozd, it is part of an area locally known as Gora (literally, 'the mountain').Ajdovščina Tourism Information Center. Naša dežela: Gora.
Names The name Otlica is derived from the Slovene adjective otel 'hollow'. It refers to a karst sinkhole about west of Navrše Hill (elevation ); the bottom of the sinkhole leads to the opposite side of the Gora Ridge through a passage high and wide that opens above a footpath to Ajdovščina. In folk tradition the mountain was therefore referred to as being hollow.Bezlaj, France. 1982. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 261. The hamlet of Siberija (literally, 'Siberia') is so named because of its exposure to the frost and the bora wind, and the hamlet of Kitajska (literally, 'China') is a reference to the large number of children that people living there had.Okno Tourist Board. Pot po Angelski gori.
Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Guardian Angels and belongs to the Koper Diocese.Koper Diocese list of churches
References
External links
Otlica on Geopedia