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Lyalintsi is a village in
TranTran is a small town in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria. It is 27 kilometres away from the town of Breznik and 15 km from the border with Serbia....
municipality,
Pernik ProvincePernik Province is a province in western Bulgaria, neighbouring Serbia. Its main city is Pernik, and other municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, and Zemen.Industry is of vital importance for the economy of the province...
. It is located in western
BulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...
, 65 km from the capital city of
SofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city by population in the European Union, with 1.4 million people living in the Capital Municipality...
. The village was first mentioned in 1446 as
Lelintsi and in 1455 as
Lyalintsi. It is derived from the personal name
Lyalya, "
auntAn aunt is a person who is the sister or sister-in-law of a parent. A man with an equivalent relationship is an uncle, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece...
", the nickname
lyalya or
lala, itself from Proto-Slavic
*l'al'a, "babbler, fool" or from the personal name
Lyala, an affectionate form of
Vlado (
VladimirVladimir is a city in Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. It is the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast. Population: Vladimir was one of the medieval capitals of Russia, and two of its cathedrals are a World Heritage Site...
,
VladislavVladislav is a Slavic male given name...
).