class="apple-converted-space"> 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'
