Ponova Vas


Ponova Vas is a village southwest of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The Municipality of Grosuplje is included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. The settlement includes the hamlets of Čemetija, Benat, and Kobiljek.

Name

Ponova Vas was attested in written sources in 1436 as Penndorff. In the past the German name was Pöndorf. In the local dialect, the name is pronounced Panova vas. The morphology of the name indicates that it is a possessive form of a personal name, perhaps Old High German Pono or Bono, thus meaning 'Pono's village' or 'Bono's village'. Derivations from *panova vьsь 'mayor's village' and from the Italian personal name Beno have been rejected for accentual reasons.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Ponova Vas include: