Rašica (Blace)

Rašica (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашица) is a village in the municipality of Blace, Serbia.

This also makes it likely for the village in Serbia to have a different etymological origin, despite both countries speaking Slavic.

While in Velike Lašče, Rašica was attested in historical sources in 1230 as Reschwiz (and as Reschicz in 1260 and Rasczicz in 1436).

The name was originally a hydronym, referring to Rašica Creek south of the village.

Toponyms such as Arbanaška and Đjake show a historic Albanian presence in the Toplica and Southern Morava regions.