▁the ▁S out heast ▁Sloven ia ▁Statist ical ▁Region . ▁ ▁Name ▁The ▁Sloven e ▁name ▁Nov i ▁Kot ▁is ▁sem ant ically ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁name ▁Ne uw inkel , ▁both ▁literally ▁meaning ▁' new ▁com be '. ▁The ▁element ▁kot ▁in ▁Sloven e ▁place ▁names ▁generally ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁a ▁valley ▁or ▁the ▁place ▁where ▁a ▁valley ▁meets ▁the ▁mountains . ▁The ▁Sloven ian ▁ad jective ▁and ▁dem onym ▁for ▁Nov i ▁Kot , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁expected ▁nov ok ot ar ski ▁and ▁Nov ok ot ar , ▁are ▁par alle led ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁terms ▁nov ob ink lers ki ▁and ▁Nov ob ink ler , ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁German ▁to pon ym . ▁ ▁History ▁Nov i ▁Kot ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁when ▁sett lers ▁arrived ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁from ▁Lo š ki ▁Pot ok . ▁In ▁the ▁past , ▁the ▁residents ▁also ▁did ▁season al ▁forest ry ▁work ▁in ▁Cro atia ▁and ▁Hung ary . ▁A ▁school ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁settlement ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁Italian ▁troops ▁burn ed ▁the ▁settlement ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁at ▁the ▁Rab ▁concentration ▁camp , ▁where ▁ 4 6 ▁of ▁them ▁died . ▁When ▁the ▁surv iv ors ▁returned , ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁settled ▁in ▁nearby ▁villages ▁and ▁others ▁renov ated ▁their ▁homes . ▁A ▁monument ▁comm emor ating ▁the ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the