The Name
The name Nova Gorica can be interpreted as New Gorizia. However, the origin of the name Gorizia/Gorica is Slavic. The common local term for the town is Gorica (i.e., 'Gorizia'), while they refer to the neighboring Italian town as Stara Gorica (meaning Old Gorizia). This use is also reflected in Slovenian license plates (GO for Gorica), the name of the local association football club ND Gorica, and the local student association (Klub goriških študentov 'the Gorica Student Club').
The word gorica is a diminutive form of the Slovene gora 'hill'.
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